The hardest interview question EVER

[physiologist]

"Describe a recent interpersonal conflict you had with a friend or loved one and how you resolved it."

My friends and I don't fight ever. We're so low-drama.

I ended up sputtering. Worst!!

What was the hardest interview question you've ever been asked and how would you answer mine?

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[MedPR]

"Describe a recent interpersonal conflict you had with a friend or loved one and how you resolved it."

My friends and I don't fight ever. We're so low-drama.

I ended up sputtering. Worst!!

What was the hardest interview question you've ever been asked and how would you answer mine?

My friend wanted a scoop of protein.
























He doesn't even lift. 😕

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[deleted357625]

"Describe a recent interpersonal conflict you had with a friend or loved one and how you resolved it."

My friends and I don't fight ever. We're so low-drama.

I ended up sputtering. Worst!!

What was the hardest interview question you've ever been asked and how would you answer mine?

Could have embellished. Everyone does.

 

[Amba]

"Describe a recent interpersonal conflict you had with a friend or loved one and how you resolved it."

My friends and I don't fight ever. We're so low-drama.

I ended up sputtering. Worst!!

What was the hardest interview question you've ever been asked and how would you answer mine?

Minor roommate disagreement + Torshi's embellishment suggestion = golden. I'm as low key as they get and I have numerous roommate issues I could discuss. Maybe not the deepest answer, but I'm guessing the "how did you resolve it" part is more important anyway.

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[911 Turbo]

"Describe a recent interpersonal conflict you had with a friend or loved one and how you resolved it."

My friends and I don't fight ever. We're so low-drama.

I ended up sputtering. Worst!!

What was the hardest interview question you've ever been asked and how would you answer mine?

My friend didnt give me any protein when I just wanted to grow some muscle. I resolved it by putting a special ingredient in his milk carton.

 

[TheShaker]

My friend wanted a scoop of protein.




He doesn't even lift. 😕

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I was told that too much whey protein would give me a heart attack. They all be mirin now.

 

[cinamin]

"Describe a recent interpersonal conflict you had with a friend or loved one and how you resolved it."

My friends and I don't fight ever. We're so low-drama.

I ended up sputtering. Worst!!

What was the hardest interview question you've ever been asked and how would you answer mine?

hmm you ever get into arguments with mom or dad? siblings? i dunno sometimes if you can't come up with something on the fly.. gotta make it up like others have said.. roommate issues, etc. but it is more on the odd side of questions..

 

[Nahnia]

Mmm hardest interview question...."give me an example of a time where you had to reach for hope".....my thoughts were Im reaching for hope right now to answer this question.

 

[MelonMan]

Girlfriend got mad i couldnt get it up. Resolved conflict by popping a cialis and viagra. Interviewer was impressed by my medicinal acumen. Girlfriend was impressed by my physical acumen. I am impressed by sdns acumen.

 

[MedPR]

Girlfriend got mad i couldnt get it up. Resolved conflict by popping a cialis and viagra. Interviewer was impressed by my medicinal acumen. Girlfriend was impressed by my physical acumen. I am impressed by sdns acumen.

Lold.

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[InvalidUsername]

Girlfriend got mad i couldnt get it up. Resolved conflict by popping a cialis and viagra. Interviewer was impressed by my medicinal acumen. Girlfriend was impressed by my physical acumen. I am impressed by sdns acumen.

Badass.

 

[physiologist]

hmm you ever get into arguments with mom or dad? siblings? i dunno sometimes if you can't come up with something on the fly.. gotta make it up like others have said.. roommate issues, etc. but it is more on the odd side of questions..

No roommates. Live with my parents. When I had roommates, one year we were best friends and never had a single fight because she was the most easygoing person ever (both of us are), and the next year we both just kept to ourselves and inhabited separate universes.

I actually blathered something like this (feel free to cringe for me... it's awful!):

Me: (panicking, I don't have conflicts with friends, my friends are a very low-drama bunch, and I'm usually the mediator/conflict resolver of the bunch.... I'm also really easygoing and really don't remember fighting with anyone) Ummmmm.....well my sister always throws these crazy parties and trashes the house. And....umm.... sometimes we get into fights about it. So yeah....

Him: -looks quizzically-

Me: Actually, I have a better one. My boyfriend and I had a conflict when he joined a frat and had a lot less time for me. I eventually thought it over and asked myself: "Is this really something to be mad over? Isn't our relationship otherwise very healthy? What am I really worried about?" I realized that it was a trivial reason to get upset with him and then played some hard to get [laughs], no, I mean it, it worked! It made him want to talk to me more! But actually, I'm a pretty easygoing person and I always think through situations and usually determine that getting upset is inappropriate. I wind up talking it through with them, as it's really important to understand the other person's point of view. But If I still think I'm right, I just come up with a better argument. (laughs).

FACEPALM. Auto-rejection right there.

 

[chillaxbro]

Oh **** you're a girl

 

[Nahnia]

Oh **** you're a girl

😱

 

[TheShaker]

Oh **** you're a girl

I hate to do the whole no girl on the internet thing but I always thought physiologist was a dude. 😱

 

[La Presse]

Oh **** you're a girl

I know that feel. Everyone used to think I was a hot PYT.

 

[ukae]

Physiologist could still be a guy.

 

[mcloaf]

Physiologist could still be a guy.

qft.

 

[MedPR]

Physiologist could still be a gay.

FTFY.

That's not offensive, right?

 

[physiologist]

I don't understand why you assumed I was a guy. I'm a girl.

 

[circulus vitios]

I really hope school officials aren't asking that question. It's a pathetically stupid question.

 

[physiologist]

I really hope school officials aren't asking that question. It's a pathetically stupid question.

This was an M4. My previous interview with the faculty member went swimmingly.

 

[cinamin]

I hate to do the whole no girl on the internet thing but I always thought physiologist was a dude. 😱

you could tell from past posts that she was a girl.

 

[cinamin]

This was an M4. My previous interview with the faculty member went swimmingly.

the m4 interview is not going to matter nearly as much as the faculty interview. I got some off the wall q's from a recent student interviewer and just rolled with it but I could tell he made up some of these questions and thought they were "good" in that they answered other questions about maturity level, being a good fit, etc.

Your interviewer was probably just getting a sense of who you are, how you deal with conflict, your maturity level and character, etc. I think your answer was fine... don't overanalyze it.

 

[deleted127837]

For me? Every question in those panel interviews.

"Name an accomplishment you've made."

Person 1: "I invented cancer."

Person 2: "....and I cured it."

Bearstronaut: "Uhm...I got a hole-in-one at putt-putt once."

Edit: Just realized this wasn't asking what question, it was just that specific question. This is why my verbal score was a negative number 🙁

 

[physiologist]

FTFY.

That's not offensive, right?

I'm bisexual. So you're close. It's weird how you got that vibe from me over the interwebs.

That being said, I'm engaged to a wonderful man who meets all my needs. Our relationship is healthy and monogamous. You probably wouldn't be able to tell I'm bisexual if you met us.

 

[JoeShmoe111]

Girlfriend got mad i couldnt get it up. Resolved conflict by popping a cialis and viagra. Interviewer was impressed by my medicinal acumen. Girlfriend was impressed by my physical acumen. I am impressed by sdns acumen.

Wow I only expect comments that good from Reddit. Bravo.

 

[jorgediaz]

No roommates. Live with my parents. When I had roommates, one year we were best friends and never had a single fight because she was the most easygoing person ever (both of us are), and the next year we both just kept to ourselves and inhabited separate universes.

I actually blathered something like this (feel free to cringe for me... it's awful!):

Me: (panicking, I don't have conflicts with friends, my friends are a very low-drama bunch, and I'm usually the mediator/conflict resolver of the bunch.... I'm also really easygoing and really don't remember fighting with anyone) Ummmmm.....well my sister always throws these crazy parties and trashes the house. And....umm.... sometimes we get into fights about it. So yeah....

Him: -looks quizzically-

Me: Actually, I have a better one. My boyfriend and I had a conflict when he joined a frat and had a lot less time for me. I eventually thought it over and asked myself: "Is this really something to be mad over? Isn't our relationship otherwise very healthy? What am I really worried about?" I realized that it was a trivial reason to get upset with him and then played some hard to get [laughs], no, I mean it, it worked! It made him want to talk to me more! But actually, I'm a pretty easygoing person and I always think through situations and usually determine that getting upset is inappropriate. I wind up talking it through with them, as it's really important to understand the other person's point of view. But If I still think I'm right, I just come up with a better argument. (laughs).

FACEPALM. Auto-rejection right there.

I usually stay away from mentioning GFs/BFs in my interview answers, but that's just me. Feels almost a little unprofessional (to me at least).

 

[jorgediaz]

For me, the hardest interview question (?) was an acting scenario in the MMI where I had to deal with a patient conflict. I'm not a good actor.

 

[MedPR]

I'm bisexual. So you're close. It's weird how you got that vibe from me over the interwebs.

That being said, I'm engaged to a wonderful man who meets all my needs. Our relationship is healthy and monogamous. You probably wouldn't be able to tell I'm bisexual if you met us.

👍

 

[physiologist]

I usually stay away from mentioning GFs/BFs in my interview answers, but that's just me. Feels almost a little unprofessional (to me at least).

He said interpersonal conflict, not professional. And I've never really had a professional conflict, I tend to distance myself from workplace drama.

 

[i5hina]

Girlfriend got mad i couldnt get it up. Resolved conflict by popping a cialis and viagra. Interviewer was impressed by my medicinal acumen. Girlfriend was impressed by my physical acumen. I am impressed by sdns acumen.

Touche' my friend 👍👍👍

 

[jorgediaz]

He said interpersonal conflict, not professional. And I've never really had a professional conflict, I tend to distance myself from workplace drama.

Still, I would have stuck to friends/acquaintances, but that's just me. To understand the extent of the BF/GF conflict would involve disclosing information about the dynamics of the relationship. I feel like this can sometimes cast yourself in a negative light as someone who might be needy, demanding, manipulative etc. I just wouldn't feel comfortable discussing that at a medical school interview. But that's just me.

Maybe its because GF/BF could mean a whole range of things to different people. Fiance/husband on the other hand I wouldn't have a problem with bringing them up.

 

[Silo004]

He said interpersonal conflict, not professional. And I've never really had a professional conflict, I tend to distance myself from workplace drama.

I love how the answers to these difficult questions are all non-answers.

 

[physiologist]

Still, I would have stuck to friends/acquaintances, but that's just me. To understand the extent of the BF/GF conflict would involve disclosing information about the dynamics of the relationship. I feel like this can sometimes cast yourself in a negative light as someone who might be needy, demanding, manipulative etc. I just wouldn't feel comfortable discussing that at a medical school interview. But that's just me.

Maybe its because GF/BF could mean a whole range of things to different people. Fiance/husband on the other hand I wouldn't have a problem with bringing them up.

We're engaged (I have the ring on my finger). He's a resident of that state (it was a state school). We're super-solid. I told him how it's been a long time since we've had that argument since the problem is, indeed, resolved. I made a joke that when I stopped caring, he started wanting to talk more. I didn't mention anything sexual at all, obviously. I could've told the same story about my best friend, and it would have still sounded the same.

And yeah, that first bit was a non-answer. It was dumb, but I tried to rescue myself with the thing with my BF. My friends and I NEVER have fights. There was a fight in my lab and a fight in my department (at the hospital) - both got huge, but none of them involved me. I was always the mediator since I'm good at solving problems.

 

[Yorick]

Worst- my friend had a threesome with 2 other guys while she was dating my really good friend and I had to help broker peace (they broke up soon after and are currently not friends) but I'm not sure if that would be appropriate to say.

 

[physiologist]

Worst- my friend had a threesome with 2 other guys while she was dating my really good friend and I had to help broker peace (they broke up soon after and are currently not friends) but I'm not sure if that would be appropriate to say.

Lol probably not. Also, I didn't want to ruin the reps of my lab or hospital.

Still, I should have talked about my tendency to resolve conflicts. Headdesk.

 

[jorgediaz]

Lol probably not. Also, I didn't want to ruin the reps of my lab or hospital.

Still, I should have talked about my tendency to resolve conflicts. Headdesk.

Yea, I would have tried to present a situation that demonstrated some sort of ability to resolve conflicts...either the ability to be the bigger man, or the ability to confront and bring up uncomfortable issues.

Either way, there's no point worrying about that now. It's a long interview so don't get hung up on one question that you could have done better on. I thought I did horribly for one of my interviews, but that resulted in an acceptance. My take home is that it is more about the 'vibe' interviewers get from you. Even if your answer didn't highlight any positive attributes on your part, as long as you made the interviewer feel you were a genuine person, it can't be all bad. It sounds like you made your interviewer laugh, so that's always good too. Sometimes as the interviewee, you are so focused on what you are saying that you aren't so aware of the impression you are giving off (be it good or bad).

From the panic thread I remember you had 2 or 3 waitlists, right? How was this interview in comparison to the other ones? 🙂

 

[physiologist]

Yea, I would have tried to present a situation that demonstrated some sort of ability to resolve conflicts...either the ability to be the bigger man, or the ability to confront and bring up uncomfortable issues.

Either way, there's no point worrying about that now. It's a long interview so don't get hung up on one question that you could have done better on. I thought I did horribly for one of my interviews, but that resulted in an acceptance. My take home is that it is more about the 'vibe' interviewers get from you. Even if your answer didn't highlight any positive attributes on your part, as long as you made the interviewer feel you were a genuine person, it can't be all bad. It sounds like you made your interviewer laugh, so that's always good too. Sometimes as the interviewee, you are so focused on what you are saying that you aren't so aware of the impression you are giving off (be it good or bad).

From the panic thread I remember you had 2 or 3 waitlists, right? How was this interview in comparison to the other ones? 🙂

True that. Earlier my interviewer was hanging with us (I had no idea he was going to be my interviewer) and I told a really funny joke that left the entire room, including the tour guide and my interviewer, laughing their heads off for a good few minutes. People were saying things like "good one!" Etc. Needless to say I was excited to tell him about my background as a comedian/improv actor.

Overall the interview went super well save for that super-awks answer. Especially compared to the others. I have 2 rejections and 2 pending decisions, one of which will probably be another rejection since the acceptances from my interview day have already been received.

I'm just worried since my GPA is an underdog one, and I have 2 state schools with strong IS preference still pending (I'm OOS for both). One little screwup and I'm easily toast.

 

[tima]

"You had an event in your sophomore year that made you want to go into medicine and become a doctor. So, why were you taking pre-med courses since day 1 of college? Were you able to predict the future or something? Please explain." 🙂

 

[00011]

My personal favorite...

"What is the worst thing you've ever done?"

My immediate response was to laugh and ask her to repeat the question because I couldn't actually believe it was a real one...

 

[circulus vitios]

"You had an event in your sophomore year that made you want to go into medicine and become a doctor. So, why were you taking pre-med courses since day 1 of college? Were you able to predict the future or something? Please explain." 🙂

"Stop bustin my balls, bruh."

 

[skais595]

What was the hardest interview question you've ever been asked and how would you answer mine?

I was asked, "what's the best idea you've ever had?". The worst thing was that I had read that in the SDN interview prep and immediately hated the question and was talking to my friends about how awful it would be to have to answer it... Of course I was asked.

 

[LaughingMan]

"You had an event in your sophomore year that made you want to go into medicine and become a doctor. So, why were you taking pre-med courses since day 1 of college? Were you able to predict the future or something? Please explain." 🙂

I'm quite concerned with this happening to me. I would probably just respond that I had the general idea, and those events reinforced the idea.

How did you respond might I ask?

 

[Guero]

"If you were able to whisper in my ear as I presented you to the committee, what's the one thing you'd want them to know?"

It was the only one that caught me off guard, twice! I saved face in the thank you notes, of course. By the looks of some of the other questions posted earlier in the thread, I seriously had a cake walk at my interviews compared to all of those. I've been very lucky. Although, I do have a very complicated family history and loathe that nearly every interviewer asked for elaborations. Nothing like bringing up past trauma and finding out that your interviewer was a psychiatrist after the fact. 🙄

 

[WompyWomperton]

Here's one I got, it isn't that bad, but still challenging.

If you were practicing in a small town and had 3 patients simultaneously enter your care: one was a McDonald's employee, one was a businessman who was responsible for 75% of all jobs in your town, and one was a physician, which one would you save? (assuming you can only save the life of one and all are equally in need of care, he was pretty adamant about sticking to these conditions)

I said the physician so he can continue on to save more lives, but I acknowledged that it's an extremely difficult situation to be in, and the other two people could possibly go on to help/save the lives of people as well. He said he liked my answer. The other interviewer looked at him and was like "there's no right answer to that question."

 

[WompyWomperton]

"You had an event in your sophomore year that made you want to go into medicine and become a doctor. So, why were you taking pre-med courses since day 1 of college? Were you able to predict the future or something? Please explain." 🙂

He had that one spring loaded.

 

[impermanence]

"If you were able to whisper in my ear as I presented you to the committee, what's the one thing you'd want them to know?"

It was the only one that caught me off guard, twice! I saved face in the thank you notes, of course. By the looks of some of the other questions posted earlier in the thread, I seriously had a cake walk at my interviews compared to all of those. I've been very lucky. Although, I do have a very complicated family history and loathe that nearly every interviewer asked for elaborations. Nothing like bringing up past trauma and finding out that your interviewer was a psychiatrist after the fact. 🙄

That happened to me once, I don't know why I'd always end up being interviewed by the psychiatrists!

I think I had one that said "If you had an HIV+ patients that wanted a knee surgey to ride his motorcycle would you do it?"

I did not see why we wouldn't do it and talked about treating all patients equality, non-discrimination, etc. He kept on saying how I would be exposing everyone in my team to HIV and I should think about cost-benefit...

 

[Guero]

That happened to me once, I don't know why I'd always end up being interviewed by the psychiatrists!

I think I had one that said "If you had an HIV+ patients that wanted a knee surgey to ride his motorcycle would you do it?"

I did not see why we wouldn't do it and talked about treating all patients equality, non-discrimination, etc. He kept on saying how I would be exposing everyone in my team to HIV and I should think about cost-benefit...

Dude, universal precautions, we treat everyone as if they're HIV(+) or carrying some rancid form of ebola. That rationale makes no sense to me. It's the pt's right to repair an injury that limits quality of life. That motorcycle may be the only thing from which s/he truly derives joy. S/he should be able to ride if s/he wants. JMHO

 

[WompyWomperton]

That happened to me once, I don't know why I'd always end up being interviewed by the psychiatrists!

I think I had one that said "If you had an HIV+ patients that wanted a knee surgey to ride his motorcycle would you do it?"

I did not see why we wouldn't do it and talked about treating all patients equality, non-discrimination, etc. He kept on saying how I would be exposing everyone in my team to HIV and I should think about cost-benefit...

Speaking of HIV, a girl I know got this gem in an interview: If you were treating a girl who you knew was sexually active with your son and she was HIV+, how would you handle the situation?

It's a tough one, I'd think that you would have some sort of legal obligation to ensure that she isn't being irresponsible with her HIV.