significant other interview question

[smid]

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Some programs have a casual get together/dinner the night before interview day and they say the sig. others are welcome to attend. Do people really bring their wives/husbands/SOs? Mine will be with me and I'm wondering if he should come along for that night or if he'll be the only SO there...

 

[uclabruins47]

it's casual dinner. so there shouoldn't be a prob

 

[ekydrd]

We encourage our candidates to bring the SO to the pre-interview dinner. The SO can have a big say as to where a candidate will rank a program, as well as an impact on how well the resident will do once they get there.

 

[orientedtoself]

Some programs have a casual get together/dinner the night before interview day and they say the sig. others are welcome to attend. Do people really bring their wives/husbands/SOs? Mine will be with me and I'm wondering if he should come along for that night or if he'll be the only SO there...

i have to say i don't remember alot of people bringing so's to the preinterview dinners last year, but there were some. as long as your husband is not socially inept it should be fine. i think it shows that you are really interested in the program if he goes with you- shows that you are really interested in the program and location.

 

[gutonc]

I brought my wife to the pre-interview dinners because she is a far more interesting and engaging person than I am and she makes me look really good (i.e., at least smart enough to marry her). If I could have gotten her to do my interviews too that would have been even better.

As above, assuming your SO isn't a complete social nimrod (and if they're not in medicine, they're probably more socially capable than just about anyone else who will be at the dinner), then bring them along.

BE

 

[gagolden]

Ive had two programs so far ask when I was scheduling if I was married. Im sure this is some kind of problem, but when I said yes, they asked if she would "join us for a casual dinner the night before." One of the programs told me after I scheduled that if interviewies plan on bringing thier SO, then they ask some spouses of the residents to go as well. Sounds OK to me.

 

[smid]

thanks for the feedback. he won't come to all of the dinners, but at least ones when he travels with me...hoepfully he's not socially inept!!