I was dissapointed with my interview experience. First of all, the 3 - on - 1 format stinks. It was obvious they had already decided what I was like before they met me, and they were more having a conversation between themselves with their questions than with me.
They asked me why I work so hard, and what's my purpose, to which I responded I like to challenge myself and experience as much as I can - I love to learn. They then proceeded to ask me some of the most convoluted hypothetical situation questions.. like what if you had a patient that had a hystorectomy, because they didn't want children, and then later the husband came wanting a vasectomy, how would you handle that? - The female doctor looked at me like this was a simple moral question, and I responded, that as a professional, I couldn't get involved in their personal lives, and there may be a simple explanation why he wants the procedure. She returned, of course there's a simple explanation, he wants a vasectomy so he won't get his girlfriend pregnant,.. I paused, and thought for a minute, and said that this was a difficult situation, and that I couldn't possibly get in the middle of the couple's marital problems, and the husband was in charge of his medical decisions. If he wanted a vasectormy, he'd get one and I couldn't stop him. I would only be able to educate him to the medical issues invovled, reversibiltiy, and implications. Then they all started in on me about preventing ALL pain and suffering. The questions got worse from there, and I began to feel like I was running for public office rather than applying for medical school. They wanted to know what my stance was on stemcell research, to which I said it was an exciting area of research - and things got more tense from there. They then wanted to know what I thought about cloning and abortion...
All in all, I'm a bit miffed. I think it's good to be challenged, but everyone else said they had positive interviews and great conversations. I don't know if I should complain about the way they handled it or what..., I had another interview yesterday, and expressed my concerns about the OU interview to the other school, and they agreed that the 3-on-1 format is a BIG problem, especially if they start ganging up on the applicant, and those questions were out of line. I don't care if they were just trying to challenge me, I thought it was unfair and a horrible way to be treated.