Nastiest interviewers of the 2007-2008 season.

[aaj117]

I think if someone told me "your type of student would never fit in here" I'd probably just shake the interviewer's hand and say "well, in that case, I won't waste any more of your time or mine. I'm going to go enjoy the city now."

I would have loved to, but it was still september and i dind't have any acceptances, so i didn't feel like it was smart to not keep trying my hardest even though i knew there wasn't much i could do. I called my mom afterwards like i did after every interview, and was like if this is the only school i get into, i might decide not to be a doctor...

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[aunt ethel]

Wait. Didn't you just post about one of your rejection letters having a typo?

Yeah, you did.

Touche, iduwanna, but I must point out that formal rejection letter from Harvard =/= informal chatting on message board.

 

[UVAbme2009]

In the first minute of an interview:

"So I guess the one major deficiency on your application is your lack of clinical experience."

Alright, I'll make sure to go out and fix that before I apply. Oh wait. Too late for that.

Tried to talk about the 9 months I had volunteering at the hospital 3-4 hours per week with direct patient contact... and not being sure if I even wanted to pursue medicine until my senior year of college.

He didn't care...

Ah crap. That's EXACTLY my story.

 

[bcat85]

Ah crap. That's EXACTLY my story.

I had the same experience, but I was sort of able to B.S. my way through it.

 

[NJDIF]

My worst interview was definitely SUNY Downstate. My interviewer was so rude, the best part of the day was DEFINITELY leaving. He was sure that i really watned to be an anthropologist/archaeologist and not a doctor and kept commenting on how my interests were too varied and i didn't have enough clinical experience (i've been in EMS for over 9 years, i'm an ALS provider, CPR instructor, Worked for three different ambulance companies (simultaneously) for years, worked ems at a state park for two years, was the "nurse" (EMT) at a summer sports camp for three summers, have shadowed, and done a year of clinical research with daily patiend contact and multiple publications...aparently that didn't show enough interest in medicine) and he brought up my LGBT activism and asked how i thought that "that type of lifestyle" could possibly fit into the field of medicine... I don't exactly plan to have sex with other women at work, and i thought that that was fairly obvious? After feeling discriminated against and generally hated, he proceded to seal the deal and make me sure i didn't want to go there by letting me know that my "type of student" woudln't fit in there. Somehow i still got in, but withdrew that day.

wow. and i thought my downstate day was rough... jeez.

 

[st2205]

I actually got asked that at multiple interviews but nobody else had the balls to follow up like that.

What in your background made them think you were Mormon?

 

[Salient]

In the first minute of an interview:

"So I guess the one major deficiency on your application is your lack of clinical experience."

Alright, I'll make sure to go out and fix that before I apply. Oh wait. Too late for that.

Tried to talk about the 9 months I had volunteering at the hospital 3-4 hours per week with direct patient contact... and not being sure if I even wanted to pursue medicine until my senior year of college.

He didn't care...

So... what exactly do they consider "clinical experience?"

 

[harposnarpo]

"Man eating pigs in Hannibal"? Did not know..Used to work near there in E.R. when I lived in Missouri. How did you discover this.?

Hannibal = a movie, not Mark Twain's town.

 

[dog0]

This incident wasn't directly related to my interview but it was part of the interviewing process, so I might as well share it

My student host at Pitt was a little ifty. I asked him how the female population in Pittsburgh is, and he gave me a pretty indifferent answer. He seemed like a hardcore gunner and was ALL ABOUT STUDYING. The dude left me at his apartment but said I was allowed to use his computer. Half an hour later I am having a conversation on AIM with a friend and naked pictures of this dude with a hardon pop up on the screen. I kind of freaked out and subsequently the internet connection died. I called him, paranoid as hell, and asked him how to reset his Internet connection, but he said he would have to personally do it, and he would be at the library for at least a few more hours. Since he didn't have TV he told me to search through his movie directory on his computer. ALL THE MOVIES WERE GAY PORN. I gave up and just talked to my friend on the phone. When he came back, I didn't confront him about the whole situation but asked him for an alarm clock. His reply was: "Sure, do you want the vibrator that comes with it too."

Long story short, total flamer, and made me very uncomfortable. I suspect that everything that happened on his computer was a set-up. Despite the horrible experience, I still loved Pitt (shows how strong of an impression the city and instiution had on me).

 

[NJDIF]

todays fresh rejection-off-the-waitlist letter reminded me of this one.

Him: so do you have any ties to NJMS?

Me: Well, my cousin graduated from here about two years ago. He loved it here.

Him: I hope you know, that just because you have family that went here years ago, doesn't entitle you to an acceptance here. why do you think that since your cousin went here that you will be automatically accepted?

Me: I didnt say that. you asked me if I had any connection to the school.

Him: Well, don't expect that to get you far.


i guess i'll be taking the train to see the devils over the next 4 years. thanks, jerk.

 

[thejonqproject]

This incident wasn't directly related to my interview but it was part of the interviewing process, so I might as well share it

My student host at Pitt was a little ifty. I asked him how the female population in Pittsburgh is, and he gave me a pretty indifferent answer. He seemed like a hardcore gunner and was ALL ABOUT STUDYING. The dude left me at his apartment but said I was allowed to use his computer. Half an hour later I am having a conversation on AIM with a friend and naked pictures of this dude with a hardon pop up on the screen. I kind of freaked out and subsequently the internet connection died. I called him, paranoid as hell, and asked him how to reset his Internet connection, but he said he would have to personally do it, and he would be at the library for at least a few more hours. Since he didn't have TV he told me to search through his movie directory on his computer. ALL THE MOVIES WERE GAY PORN. I gave up and just talked to my friend on the phone. When he came back, I didn't confront him about the whole situation but asked him for an alarm clock. His reply was: "Sure, do you want the vibrator that comes with it too."

Long story short, total flamer, and made me very uncomfortable. I suspect that everything that happened on his computer was a set-up. Despite the horrible experience, I still loved Pitt (shows how strong of an impression the city and instiution had on me).

haahahahaha that is way too funny. i think he totally punked you pretty hard.

u also left out the part where he accidently forgot that he didnt have a futon and you guys spooned for hours before your interview.

 

[EpiPEN]

...
u also left out the part where he accidently forgot that he didnt have a futon and you guys spooned for hours before your interview.

ahh it's like getting a different kind of "brownie" point... since we know the best brownies are packed

if you catch my drift..

good thing interviewers don't read SDN...

feels like this might be another post that the mod's going to ask me to take down...

 

[thejonqproject]

ahh it's like getting a different kind of "brownie" point... since we know the best brownies are packed

if you catch my drift..

good thing interviewers don't read SDN...

feels like this might be another post that the mod's going to ask me to take down...

i like my brownies with extra nuts

 

[MilkmanAl]

I know a guy who has 3 balls. I'll hook you guys up.

 

[URHere]

I had two hardcore unpleasant interviewers:

The first was at BU - it was his first time interviewing ever and I could tell he didn't know exactly what to do. So, instead of asking me real questions, he decided to grill me on enzyme co-factors (the enzymes were distantly related to my research). When I missed one, he handed me a journal article he had written, told me to read it, and dismissed me.

The other was at U Maryland - everyone warned me that the guy was a seasoned and really hard interviewer, and he really was. He basically told me that my thesis work was pointless because he didn't believe in behavioral research. He then suggested that I switch my field of interest and do something "substantial".

Those weren't so much fun.

 

[handbanana]

i like my brownies with extra nuts

i lol'd x2 with that cross under your username