Trying to decide if I had a bad interview or a good Interview...hear this:

[theDr.]

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Ok,
Here are the bad points
(1) Asked "So, what do you want to do with your life."
I stumbled over my words and I don't even reemmber what i
answered. It was the first question...i was bit nervous
(2) Asked me about 3 times, after i gave my answer, "how would
you solve the problems of our health care system." eventually i was like "i don't have a soltuion...but here are a few starting points."...and i stated what I though.
(3) Interviewer ask me specifially which type of chronic heart
failure my grandfather passed away from but I didn't
know. I had wrote in my personal statement about my
grandfather but he passed away when i was younger and I
really didn't know specifically.
those were the bad points, which i hope only stink out in my mind because they were the BAD points.

The rest of the interview was fine, we spoke about my family, about the area and I mainly stated what improvements could be made concerning the health care system.
but should I consider this a really bad interview--don't even tink about being accepted interview?
It was only 45 mins long. I don't know.......ugh.
thanks for the opinions

 

[Brickhouse]

45 minutes is on the longer side. You're fine. Just put it behind you and you'll know how you did soon enough. Like we've all been saying, you really can't ever know until you know, you know?

 

[theDr.]

45 mins is on the longer side? I thought an hour was average.

 

[Brickhouse]

I dunno, my interviews have all been about 20 minutes to a half hour - longest was like 35 or 40. What on earth do you talk about for an hour?

 

[Adapt]

Not really. My interviews at Drexel and Temple were both 20 minutes and I was accepted to both. One of my interviews at Medical College of Wisconsin lasted 45 minutes and I was waitlisted. My interview at Georgetown lasted an hour and I was rejected.

By this data, it would seem "time" and "chance of acceptance" have an inverse relationship. In other words, I don't think there is an established correlation, and it is not a good indicator.

 

[theDr.]

what about my blunders during my intervew...think they were pretty bad?

 

[periodic]

Hello theDr.

Your interview doesn't sound that bad at all, and probably not as bad as you think it was. We all tend to focus on the few sticking points when they pop up.

What you want to do with your life: you don't need to be certain at all, but it is probably good to show that you have thought things out. This would entail giving an idea of a few things you want to explore and how you are going to go about doing that. But I don't think most people expect you to know exactly what you want to do.

Fixing the unfixable: I doubt they would expect a solution to fixing the health care system from you. Again, they are looking for knowledge and thought about the issues involved, which you probably demonstrated with explaining a few starting points

I would find out what kind of chronic heart condition your grandfather passed away from, especially since you wrote about it. I don't think it was a big negative, but it will be good to know for many reasons, and you may be asked about it again (the details of his illness and passing).

Good luck, the key is to be thoughtful and intelligent, and it sounds like you were more so than you thought.

 

[theDr.]

thats for the kind words...they are appreciated.

 

[ma-bas]

theDr - I tried to PM you but your box is full. I think I feel your pain, based on your other thread. Don't torture yourself, it will be over in a few days. 🙂

 

[theDr.]

ma-bas....I cleaned out my box...send your PM again

 

[Eraserhead]

sounds exactly like my Einstein interview.... horrible in my opinion but we'll see if i get in....