Post-Interview Regret

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Realizing your interviewer REALLY got you talking and you may have exposed some red flags

 

[907914]

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Realizing your interviewer REALLY got you talking and you may have exposed some red flags

Been there. Know better for next time. **** sucks.

 

[Select All That Apply]

@OxenFoxen Don't tell them where you hid our money.

 

[deleted987519]

@OxenFoxen Don't tell them where you hid our money.

It happened so fast, I - I'm sorry.

 

[Rachapkis]

Without knowing exactly what was said, it is hard to assess how much, if any, damage you did. However, interviewees are often terrible at assessing their own performance. Keep your chin up, vow not to make the same mistake twice, and knock the next interview out of the park.

 

[Cornfed101]

Had a panel interview and the med student on the panel asked "what was a particularly hard class for you?" Well I didn't have any particularly hard classes, I just generally sucked at school during undergrad and I basically said, "yeah my GPA in undergrad wasn't good" and the other interviewers informed me (right then) that the med student didn't have access to my GPA or MCAT. Why are you asking about my academics then?? Oh well...

 

[993444]

Had a panel interview and the med student on the panel asked "what was a particularly hard class for you?" Well I didn't have any particularly hard classes, I just generally sucked at school during undergrad and I basically said, "yeah my GPA in undergrad wasn't good" and the other interviewers informed me (right then) that the med student didn't have access to my GPA or MCAT. Why are you asking about my academics then?? Oh well...

I think what may have hurt you more than anything in that scenario is that you didn’t answer the question. He asked you what class was hard, not your overall class performance.

 

[Cornfed101]

I think what may have hurt you more than anything in that scenario is that you didn’t answer the question. He asked you what class was hard, not your overall class performance.

Well and I did answer that by saying "I didn't have any class that stuck out as difficult, blah blah blah"

 

[beattheprocess]

Well and I did answer that by saying "I didn't have any class that stuck out as difficult, blah blah blah"

You tried to humblebrag with a bad GPA?

 

[Cornfed101]

You tried to humblebrag with a bad GPA?

hahaha sheesh I was trying not to give my entire response on here, but I can see that I won't be able to convey what I was trying to say without it. I said something along the lines of:

I had a lot of classes that I did poorly in because I was juggling a lot of responsibilities and was bad at time management. My undergrad GPA reflects this. I have since learned how to better manage my time and various responsibilities and my grades in my post bacc were significantly better.

I know this doesn't perfectly answer the question, but I really didn't think any of my classes in my post-bacc were terribly difficult, and all of my Mech Eng classes were insane. I had to find a happy medium

 

[993444]

hahaha sheesh I was trying not to give my entire response on here, but I can see that I won't be able to convey what I was trying to say without it. I said something along the lines of:

I had a lot of classes that I did poorly in because I was juggling a lot of responsibilities and was bad at time management. My undergrad GPA reflects this. I have since learned how to better manage my time and various responsibilities and my grades in my post bacc were significantly better.

I know this doesn't perfectly answer the question, but I really didn't think any of my classes in my post-bacc were terribly difficult, and all of my Mech Eng classes were insane. I had to find a happy medium

At least now you know what not to do for next time.

 

[beattheprocess]

all of my Mech Eng classes were insane

Pick one of those? I don’t know why people (especially premeds) make things harder than they are.

 

[Cornfed101]

Pick one of those? I don’t know why you people make things harder than they are.

Haha because it was too long ago and I can’t remember a specific course. There really isn’t a good way for me to answer the question

Anyway... this thread has become “let’s grill Cornfed about his life choices” 🙄

 

[beattheprocess]

Haha because it was too long ago and I can’t remember a specific course. There really isn’t a good way for me to answer the question

Anyway... this thread has become “let’s grill Cornfed about his life choices” 🙄

Spreading the love. Can’t have memelord taking all the heat.