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Give others hope! Share your experience. 😀
The OFFICIAL: I was accepted even though I thought I bombed the interview thread
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Ooh! I'll start. I didn't "bomb" it per say, but... here's how the beginning went.
Interviewer: "So what did you do after college?"
Me (voice shaking): "I... um... well, was a residence director... some extracurriculars... thought I would... I'm sorry, it's really hot in here. Do you mind if I take my coat off??" (Proceed to take my suit coat off and hang it over the back of my chair.)
Interviewer (gets up to open a window): "Don't worry, it is a little warm in here."
Me: "Yeah. I just don't want to get sweaty, you know?" (Shut up, shut up, shut up!)
Interviewer: "Is this your first interview?"
Me: "Yes!"
After my acceptance he wrote me a nice email saying that mine was one of the best interviews he did... which makes me wonder... 🙄
Also, now my friends all tease me that it was my chest that got me in.
Interviewer: "So what did you do after college?"
Me (voice shaking): "I... um... well, was a residence director... some extracurriculars... thought I would... I'm sorry, it's really hot in here. Do you mind if I take my coat off??" (Proceed to take my suit coat off and hang it over the back of my chair.)
Interviewer (gets up to open a window): "Don't worry, it is a little warm in here."
Me: "Yeah. I just don't want to get sweaty, you know?" (Shut up, shut up, shut up!)
Interviewer: "Is this your first interview?"
Me: "Yes!"
After my acceptance he wrote me a nice email saying that mine was one of the best interviews he did... which makes me wonder... 🙄
Also, now my friends all tease me that it was my chest that got me in.
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He: Have you ever had anyone not like you?
I: Well of course...
He: Well of those people that probably didn't like you, how would they probably describe you?
I: Hmm... they would probably say that I'm a cold hearted bastard. (smiling, expecting a laugh).
He: (Stone faced)
*Crickets chirping for about 30 solid second*
I: Well of course...
He: Well of those people that probably didn't like you, how would they probably describe you?
I: Hmm... they would probably say that I'm a cold hearted bastard. (smiling, expecting a laugh).
He: (Stone faced)
*Crickets chirping for about 30 solid second*
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my one on one at emory was awful! My interviewer told me I was doing a bad job at explaining what my research was about, and then proceeded to tell me how it should have gone.. I was like dude, what you are suggesting isn't the point of what my research was. He spent the rest of the time rolling his eyes and staring at blank points on the wall.... but I guess he didn't have too much say on the adcom if I got in!
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👍 congrats on your acceptance!
Hah, thanks! I can't complain. But the combo of first interview + top choice school = NERVES. Yikes!
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I had a terrible group interview at NU, but got in during the first round somehow. I was so stoked about that.
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Have to chime in here. I'm totally convinced that the interview counts for about five percent or so. It's basically a formality to make sure you are not a complete tool. Bombing an interview means making the interviewer HATE you, and even a stellar, over the top love fest will do nothing for you if the committee members have their doubts about something in your file.
Just gotta be personable, friendly. Like you just sat next to this guy at a bar, and you're just shooting the breeze.
Just gotta be personable, friendly. Like you just sat next to this guy at a bar, and you're just shooting the breeze.
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nope. the interview is never a formality. at every stage of the game the schools are looking for a reason not to like you, and the interview is the final stage in that process. for a lot of interviewees, the interview is what pushes you from acceptable to accepted. for some candidates that are on the border (like me), you can't just be ok - you've got to blow them away.
that isn't to say that schools don't interview people that they kind of know aren't going to get in, at least in my opinion (and most people on sdn disagree with me in that regard). i'm not saying that those people have 0% chance, just more like 5%. anyway, i digress...
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All the interviews I thought at least went pretty well, I got accepted.
The two interviews I thought didn't go too well, I was waitlisted.
It's not rocket science. But of course, your mileage may vary.
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I seriously thought I just bombed my interviews at a school last week. Both of them. As in, they are going to reject me faster than anyone ever before, bad. I've had four interviews and I felt positively the worst after this one, almost on the verge of tears following it. Turned out to be my only acceptance. You never ever ever know.
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The group interview at UCLA/Drew was the WORST for me. It was basically set up like a PBL problem with current students sitting behind us and writing down comments. And they told us beforehand the whole thing would be recorded. Can you say stressful?! I barely said anything and what I did say was pretty idiotic. Afterwards I wanted to cry and I actually threw out all the material they gave us because I never wanted to see it again. Imagine my shock when I received an acceptance call two months later. Haven't heard anything from OHSU where both my interviews told me they hoped I decided to come there. Arghh it makes absolutely no sense!
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Oh god...Sounds like my MCAT. You have no idea how close I was to pushing that 'void' button...
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Sounds like my MCAT too! I wanted to hit that void button so bad, but I resisted. I spent the next five weeks lying in a fetal position and considering what else I would do with my life now that I would never be a doctor. Then I found out I got a 39.
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Me too. I didn't even have the guts to hit the accept button. I was convinced that I'd screwed up all my plans--I just let the five minute timer run down on its own.
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ya, never void the test
you never know how you did in comparison to others
i took the apr 22nd 2006 mcat, went to see a concert on 20th, invited by the artist to the afterparty, boy DID i have a hangover on 21st
i felt like crap on the 22nd, but i am still glad i did not void the test
back on topic
i think most interviewers would understand the stress that we have during interviews
i bombed two interviews too (bombed as in, long silent pauses, finger tappings, etc)
you never know how you did in comparison to others
i took the apr 22nd 2006 mcat, went to see a concert on 20th, invited by the artist to the afterparty, boy DID i have a hangover on 21st
i felt like crap on the 22nd, but i am still glad i did not void the test
back on topic
i think most interviewers would understand the stress that we have during interviews
i bombed two interviews too (bombed as in, long silent pauses, finger tappings, etc)
