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I had an interview recently that I felt was designed to stress me out. I feel like I did well, but I left wondering what the overall point was. I have multiple interviews lined up, and rather than leaving me with a good experience to walk away with, I left feeling unsure how I did. Why do interviewers or schools do this? Why was I singled out for this? Does the school not care if I go there, and if so why did they invite me in the first place?
The interviewer arrived pretty late, which is fine as there was a justifiable excuse for that, and something similar had happened at my previous interview. What I more ruffled by was that my interviewer would cut me off in the middle of answers, none of which had come close to exceeding 2 minutes. He was often not happy with my answers. He asked me a question that I felt was, politically speaking, a questionable choice for topic, and that I would only ask someone if I wanted to make them uncomfortable. Most of his questions seemed adversarial, and I didn't manage to get a smile out of him until 25 minutes into the interview.
Overall, I don't think I lost composure, but it was something of a violated expectation because everyone else was talking about how relaxed their interviews were. He seemed like a nice guy, but he didn't really allow me to connect with him socially.
Anyways, does anyone have any insight into why this would have happened? Also why do my interviewers keep asking how I plan to pay for med school? I'm poor, so with loans like everyone else. It isn't like I have 200k sitting around.
The interviewer arrived pretty late, which is fine as there was a justifiable excuse for that, and something similar had happened at my previous interview. What I more ruffled by was that my interviewer would cut me off in the middle of answers, none of which had come close to exceeding 2 minutes. He was often not happy with my answers. He asked me a question that I felt was, politically speaking, a questionable choice for topic, and that I would only ask someone if I wanted to make them uncomfortable. Most of his questions seemed adversarial, and I didn't manage to get a smile out of him until 25 minutes into the interview.
Overall, I don't think I lost composure, but it was something of a violated expectation because everyone else was talking about how relaxed their interviews were. He seemed like a nice guy, but he didn't really allow me to connect with him socially.
Anyways, does anyone have any insight into why this would have happened? Also why do my interviewers keep asking how I plan to pay for med school? I'm poor, so with loans like everyone else. It isn't like I have 200k sitting around.