Why are there no female interviewers? Anyone else wish there were more?

[Magnolia85]

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I just interviewed @ my 8th school today... & I'm beginning to notice a trend in my interviewers.. all male! I wish that the male/ female ratio was more evenly distributed... anyone else agree?

 

[Jolie South]

I've had at least half female interviewers. 😕

 

[blurry]

I think about 3/4 of my interviewers have been female. Guess it's just the luck of the draw.

 

[146233]

I've also had around 30-50% female interviewers.

 

[inaminute]

it's just that they're too emotional

 

[chemphd]

All of my student interviewers have been female, all of the other interviewers have been male. Funny how it worked out like that.

 

[PeepshowJohnny]

it's just that they're too emotional

Nice.

 

[inaminute]

thank yew, Johnny 😀

it's also because they'd just want to chat about whether you're engaged

 

[MossPoh]

I am thinking it is coincidence, with a dash of the old gender ratios. While med schools are 52 or 53% female now, it wasn't always the case. 😉 Now I wonder why there are all these women in medicine groups, yet I am a jerk for wanting a men in medicine. We're the minority at many med schools now. 😛

 

[shantster]

I think I had more male faculty interviewers last year. If you think about it, there are still more men than women in academic medicine positions and so the odds of you getting a male are greater.

 

[xanthomondo]

it's just that they're too emotional

lol

60% female interviewers here and have been waitlisted at every female interview...maybe inaminute is on the something...

 

[illixir]

I have interviewed at 12 schools(anywhere from 1-4 per school) this application season and have had 16 male and 10 female so I think its probably close to an even distribution, you've just only had a couple interviews.

 

[royald]

I have interviewed at 12 schools(anywhere from 1-4 per school) this application season and have had 16 male and 10 female so I think its probably close to an even distribution, you've just only had a couple interviews.

I wouldn't call the OP's 8 interviews only a couple.

 

[UofM527]

Definitely think it's just a random draw...while some schools I have interviewed at were entirely male...I have also been to schools where both of my interviews were conducted by females...and overall, like other posters have mentioned, my ratio is probably pretty close to 50/50....

 

[taponthecloud]

I just interviewed @ my 8th school today... & I'm beginning to notice a trend in my interviewers.. all male! I wish that the male/ female ratio was more evenly distributed... anyone else agree?

I doubt it means anything. Can you name the 8 schools you've been to?

 

[DrBowtie]

lol

60% female interviewers here and have been waitlisted at every female interview...maybe inaminute is on the something...

Same here. I haven't had good results with female interviewers.

 

[Picklesali]

I think I had more male faculty interviewers last year. If you think about it, there are still more men than women in academic medicine positions and so the odds of you getting a male are greater.

And at a lot of places, you are interviewed by PhDs. The male-female ratio in academia in general is abysmal. Just take a look at the statistics of women who get a full time faculty position after post-doc compared to men...it's a shame.

 

[1956Goldtop]

Most of my good interviews have been with female faculty or students. They seem more laid back and easier to get along with.

 

[hermit]

Most of my good interviews have been with female faculty.

Ditto.

 

[130912]

I know my experience is in no way representative, but one of my interviews was conducted by three women--one M4, one resident, and one attending. And I'm a guy.

The M4 came out in the hall to bring me in and she said, "You're going to be interviewed by three women. I hope that isn't a problem."

It turned out, the interview was really awesome. (And I got in.)

 

[notdeadyet]

I just interviewed @ my 8th school today... & I'm beginning to notice a trend in my interviewers.. all male!

Keep in mind that while med school students are pretty evenly split male/female, med school faculty is still way in the male majority.

This is changing, and it'll probably be reflected more and more in the coming years with the number of female faculty interviews increasing.

 

[bodonid]

One school I interviewed at had approximately equal numbers of male and female interviewers and interviewees. Without exception, women interviewed women and men interviewed men. Anyone find this strange? I doubt it was intentional, or was it? Do you think they would do that to make interviewees more "comfortable"?

 

[TheLesPaul]

One school I interviewed at had approximately equal numbers of male and female interviewers and interviewees. Without exception, women interviewed women and men interviewed men. Anyone find this strange? I doubt it was intentional, or was it? Do you think they would do that to make interviewees more "comfortable"?

At one school, they matched interviewers to people with similar interests (i.e., I got one Indian, and one guy who did the same kind of research I did). Maybe they did something similar?

 

[Nooblet]

ive been to 5 interviews and have had 10 interviewers...all male!

 

[ThisIsYourLife]

Ive had two interviews so far. one was male-male the other was female-female..

 

[WildcatMD2]

I think y'all are on to something... the one interview where I had more male interviewers than female I got accepted, the two where I had more female I got waitlisted and rejected... hmm... good thing my last interview I only had a guy!