Would you mind giving us an idea of what questions they asked? i know they will ask " tell us about yourself". Last year they asked me about healthcare reform and what I thought a doctors role was as a leader in the community.
My interview actually started out a little awkward, my first question was is this your first interview... I didn't know if they meant at OSU (like if I was a re-applicant since they only see the essay parts of your app, not your stats) or at any school this year. I had already interviewed at KCUMB and OU, but never at OSU (not a re-applicant) so I told the truth and said 'well this is my first interview here but have interviewed at other schools.' I thought it was a really weird way to start... Then it seemed to get worse, they asked me where the interviews were, how they went, have i been accepted yet, what I thought of the schools and how I would decide on a school since it came up that I was already accepted to KCUMB. So a large chunk if the interview was about other schools and I left feeling like it went really bad and I didn't get a chance to talk about my interest in OSU much. They never asked me 'why OSU' 'why medicine' or specifically 'why osteopathic medicine', none of the 'tell me about yourself.'
It was definitely my weirdest interview, but it wasn't uncomfortable. I had no ethics or current events questions. Just questions about my other interviews and picking a school, what field I had an interest in, how I deal with stress, if my job was stressful (I work in hospital administration now).
If you aren't in the first interview session definitely ask what kind of questions the people who have your same interviewers got before you, I heard the repeat a lot of their standard questions to each student during the day, but obviously the conversation can digress to more personal questions strait from your application that aren't going to be asked to other people.
The admissions staff will tell you that since the interviewers don't see your grades/MCAT you have to bring up any type of explanations for bad scores or grades if you want them to know what happened. Obviously they won't ask if they can't see them until after the interview is over. If you need to do that plan how your going to address it ahead of time because it doesn't really come up and when you're caught up in the interview you will forget, I did anyway.
Really just try to relax and if you need to take a second to formulate an answer, do that rather than giving a quick answer that you may regret or didn't think through... But it's mostly personal questions anyway so it's not like you're looking for the correct answer, your just looking for YOUR answer.
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Accepted, Class of 2017!!
