Worst/Funniest Interview Experiences

[Picklesali]

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Interviewer: What do you like most about our school?
Me: Well, I'm a low maintenance person...I like anything.

hahaha.

soooooooooo, did you know the name of the school you were at?

 

[xiaoyi666]

Bump

 

[2BAnIDrNoMore]

*Taking a year off to study for the MCAT & apply to school. Applying for a secretarial position @ the hospital...

Interviewer: So, after you're hired, where do you see yourself in a year?
Me: With an awesome MCAT score so I can get on w/ my life and go to medical school 😱😱
Interviewer: *Complete silence*
Me: literally 15 secs of silent staring: OOOOHHHH...and growing w/ the company! 😀

Oooppss.

Rejection letter.

 

[Inuranic]

*Taking a year off to study for the MCAT & apply to school. Applying for a secretarial position @ the hospital...

Interviewer: So, after you're hired, where do you see yourself in a year?
Me: With an awesome MCAT score so I can get on w/ my life and go to medical school 😱😱
Interviewer: *Complete silence*
Me: literally 15 secs of silent staring: OOOOHHHH...and growing w/ the company! 😀

Oooppss.

Rejection letter.

Ugh, that made me cringe.

 

[majik1213]

*Taking a year off to study for the MCAT & apply to school. Applying for a secretarial position @ the hospital...

Interviewer: So, after you're hired, where do you see yourself in a year?
Me: With an awesome MCAT score so I can get on w/ my life and go to medical school 😱😱
Interviewer: *Complete silence*
Me: literally 15 secs of silent staring: OOOOHHHH...and growing w/ the company! 😀

Oooppss.

Rejection letter.

 

[blargh]

this thread should probably be named the verbal diarrhea thread.

 

[2BAnIDrNoMore]

Ugh, that made me cringe.

Yah, me too. The sad thing is, I had a proud look on my face like I was talking to my pre-med advisor and he was going to pat me on the back for aspiring such goals. Then, I thought about what I just blurted out and to WHO (esp the "getting on w/ my life part" to the dept's head secretary 😱) and thought, "Dang! It's all over..."

I tried to flash her a smile but that didn't work. Darn.

this thread should probably be named the verbal diarrhea thread.

Tell me about it...

 

[KnuxNole]

Let's just say mock interviews are called that for a reason......

Interviewer: So, read any good books lately?
Me: Yeah, I recently finished the 7th Harry Potter a couple months ago
Interviewer: Uh-huh, any otheres?
Me: Not really....i'm not into reading that much. I'd much rather watch TV than read a book anyday. I think reading for classes is a good balance



Interviewer: What career would you pursue if you didn't get into medical school?
Me: I would probably get my Masters in Biology, and maybe do research and such.
Interviewer: Ahh, plenty of people end up getting a Masters, teaching and doing research
Me: Oh, I would NEVER wanna do teaching! That would be a nightmare job. I would not even come close to doing that!

 

[2BAnIDrNoMore]

Let's just say mock interviews are called that for a reason......

Me: Not really....i'm not into reading that much. I'd much rather watch TV than read a book anyday. I think reading for classes is a good balance


Me: Oh, I would NEVER wanna do teaching! That would be a nightmare job. I would not even come close to doing that!

Said to the teacher.... Classic.

 

[Waterlilies]

this is great...thanks for sharing guys!

I have a story of my own. Not a med school interview, but one for the advisor committee in summer of '06:

Interviewer: What do you think is the ugliest thing you've ever seen?
Me: (completely unprepared for this question...::think quick think quick:: trash (TRASH?? DID I HONESTLY JUST SAY THAT??!!!)😱
Interviewer: (Raises eyebrow...surprise) trash?
Me: I mean to say I just had the chance to visit New Orleans post-Katrina, and I've seen the devastation that still remains. Trash and rubbles are left piled up in front of porches and streets, and are constant reminders of people's sufferings and in some part, the lost of hope for recovery.

I have no idea what prompted me to say so, but I did visit New Orleans the month before. lol thank goodness it wasn't the REAL med school interview

 

[nellia]

Interview so far has been laid back. The first twenty minutes we discussed medicine, and then we spent the last 40 minutes talking about college football:

Interviewer: so I guess we should get back to this stuff. do you have a question for me, one so intriguing and unique that would set you apart from 10,000 applicants?

Me: would us keep talking about college football set me apart from everyone else?

Interviewer: It would certainly be a step in the right direction.

what school is this. im applying.

 

[coolness411]

This isn't really a weird anwser but more of a really awkward situation. I was at a med school interview (I got in, so i dont mind posting). I was the last person to get interviewed for the day, so its like 4pm and I'm hoping they didn't forget about me. Finally I'm called in and the interviewer makes a few nice comments about my app and then this question hit me out of the blue....

Interviewer: So, I've read you're personal statement and seems you had an almost religious experience (PS is about international volunteering). I have to ask you this, what do you think of death?
Me: (me thinking to my self.... Wow thats something weird to take from my PS) I then go on to ramble on that death is a natural part of life kinda the philosophical anwser.
Interviewer: Yes, I see, what I mean is how should doctors approach death?
Me: Well, doctors need to do the best they can with a patient, provide comfort and care to patients... blah blah blah.
Interviewer: Right, I know....but do you think doctors should be held accountable if they kill someone.
Me: Absolutely, although doctors aren't infalible and people die. If a physcian truely makes a mistake thats preventable that comprimises the patients health there should be some sort of ramification.
Interviewer: Damn right they should, doctors can;t go around killing people.

meanwhile i'm thinking to my self... did this conversation really just take place.

 

[hra87]

I'm going to name-drop here because it displays the utterly ridiculous pretentiousness of said institution.

Harvard Interviewer: "One of your recommenders mentioned that he wrote you a LOR for the Rhodes Scholarship."

Me: "Um, yes, he did."

Interviewer: "But you weren't a Rhodes Scholar, were you? Why weren't you a Rhodes Scholar?"

Me: [Thinking, 'because they didn't pick me, jerk-***'; also thinking 'what the hell?! were you?'] "Well, I had won the Marshall Scholarship at that point, and it made a good deal more sense for me to go to School X first instead of Oxford."

Interviewer, looking down her nose at me: "Well, Harvard prefers Rhodes Scholars."

Result: not accepted

I ABSOLUTELY got the opposite impression. They were the most down to earth school by far. The person at orrientation introduced the school as "the official medical school of the official hospital of the world series winning boston red sox."

 

[Cabbage]

interviewer 1: take a seat
me: pick on seat, decide not to sit on that one and pick another (pretty much jooked out the interviewer)
interviewer 1: So you got a C in this biochem class and blah blah. Do you think you can handle a medical school education?
me: well, biochemistry is really really hard at my school... one of the top programs in the country (sounded like a fuquing tour guide)
interviewer: what do you do in ur spare time
me: choke people out....
interviewer 1: immediately*are u serious?
interviwer 2 just laughs hysterically
me: i meant, choke people out in my ju jitsu and mma bouts.

i was mentally so nervous that i clarified my answer like after 30 seconds of a cold stare and one interviewer laughing. yeah, i'll find out in a week or two. i figure that was horrible

 

[Vihsadas]

interviewer 1: take a seat
me: pick on seat, decide not to sit on that one and pick another (pretty much jooked out the interviewer)
interviewer 1: So you got a C in this biochem class and blah blah. Do you think you can handle a medical school education?
me: well, biochemistry is really really hard at my school... one of the top programs in the country (sounded like a fuquing tour guide)
interviewer: what do you do in ur spare time
me: choke people out....
interviewer 1: immediately*are u serious?
interviwer 2 just laughs hysterically
me: i meant, choke people out in my ju jitsu and mma bouts.

i was mentally so nervous that i clarified my answer like after 30 seconds of a cold stare and one interviewer laughing. yeah, i'll find out in a week or two. i figure that was horrible

Hello Fellow MMA/Jiu-Jitsu athlete. Blue Belt under Jacare Cavalcanti here!

 

[Cabbage]

im a purple belt. my striking is killing me in mma. the moment it goes to the ground, i usually submit via arm triangle or knee bar....naive kickboxers don't stand a chance! you catch how BJJ dominated UFC 81? congrats on the blue belt, BJJ RULES!

 

[Vihsadas]

im a purple belt. my striking is killing me in mma. the moment it goes to the ground, i usually submit via arm triangle or knee bar....naive kickboxers don't stand a chance! you catch how BJJ dominated UFC 81? congrats on the blue belt, BJJ RULES!

hell yeah man. I wish I had more time to train though. Whose your teacher? I'm currently training at BTT Canada (in Montreal).

 

[EMH]

I'll just throw in some commentary. If they didn't accept every student who stuck their foot in their mouth or made themselves look like an idiot then they'd have a hard time filling their spots.

I think the only thing that can kill you would be sounding disinterested, EXTREMELY arrogant (cause just a little bit is good), or caught in a lie.

 

[deuce924]

Bump...I can't let this thread go to Page 2. It gives me too many laughs while I am supposed to be working.

 

[bodonid]

when I interviewed at Evil Medical School I slipped up and said that I was trying to "help people"

 

[KnuxNole]

This is not my answer, but from one of my friends(True story)

Interviewer: So, do you have any additional questions for me?
Friend: Yeah, are there any good fancy restaurants around here?
Interviewer: Well, there are a few around XXX street(don't remember the name)
Friend: Good stuff
Interviewer: Anything else?
Friend: Yes, what are your plans tonight?
Interviewer: Excuse me?
Friend: I figure since we had such a good conversation, why don't I treat you to dinner tonight, and you know, we could spend some quality time together at my hotel room later on.

😱😱

 

[Vihsadas]

I call BS (but funny nonetheless)

 

[BigRedder]

when I interviewed at Evil Medical School I slipped up and said that I was trying to "help people"

My dream school! How'd you score an interview? You know someone or something?

 

[Brnlcky89]

This is not my answer, but from one of my friends(True story)

Interviewer: So, do you have any additional questions for me?
Friend: Yeah, are there any good fancy restaurants around here?
Interviewer: Well, there are a few around XXX street(don't remember the name)
Friend: Good stuff
Interviewer: Anything else?
Friend: Yes, what are your plans tonight?
Interviewer: Excuse me?
Friend: I figure since we had such a good conversation, why don't I treat you to dinner tonight, and you know, we could spend some quality time together at my hotel room later on.

😱😱

I guess the interview went well

 

[Chuckwalla]

This is not my answer, but from one of my friends(True story)

Interviewer: So, do you have any additional questions for me?
Friend: Yeah, are there any good fancy restaurants around here?
Interviewer: Well, there are a few around XXX street(don't remember the name)
Friend: Good stuff
Interviewer: Anything else?
Friend: Yes, what are your plans tonight?
Interviewer: Excuse me?
Friend: I figure since we had such a good conversation, why don't I treat you to dinner tonight, and you know, we could spend some quality time together at my hotel room later on.

😱😱

You can't be serious.

 

[sweetshauna]

Interviewer: So, an applicant comes before me and says he only wants to go into medicine to be a dermatologist and make lots of money. Should I let him in?

Me: Ummm.... well, you know, I can't say no. Because if he's a dermatologist in the suburbs, which is where he'll probably end up, he'll offer a service to people who need it and are willing to pay for it. He may be a good dermatologist for all i know. Who am I to stop him if that's what he wants and if he does his job well. Errrr..... [lots of stumbling over my words]. I believe we need all types of people in medicine. As long as you don't fill your medical school with people like this guy, it should be fine. We kinda need those altruistic people to serve in the underserved communities [wtf]. But once we keep the distribution of people correct, the medical profession will be ok. [wtf!!!]

Considering this was the last of a really horrible interview, a rejection won't be a shock right now.

 

[nevercold]

Interviewer: So, an applicant comes before me and says he only wants to go into medicine to be a dermatologist and make lots of money. Should I let him in?

Me: Ummm.... well, you know, I can't say no. Because if he's a dermatologist in the suburbs, which is where he'll probably end up, he'll offer a service to people who need it and are willing to pay for it. He may be a good dermatologist for all i know. Who am I to stop him if that's what he wants and if he does his job well. Errrr..... [lots of stumbling over my words]. I believe we need all types of people in medicine. As long as you don't fill your medical school with people like this guy, it should be fine. We kinda need those altruistic people to serve in the underserved communities [wtf]. But once we keep the distribution of people correct, the medical profession will be ok. [wtf!!!]

Considering this was the last of a really horrible interview, a rejection won't be a shock right now.

Haha, you might be upset when I tell you that if it weren't for all the stumbling your answer would have been quite good. 🙂

 

[Drogba]

As if we have trouble filling our derm residency spots...

 

[EMH]

Interviewer: So, an applicant comes before me and says he only wants to go into medicine to be a dermatologist and make lots of money. Should I let him in?

Me: Ummm.... well, you know, I can't say no. Because if he's a dermatologist in the suburbs, which is where he'll probably end up, he'll offer a service to people who need it and are willing to pay for it. He may be a good dermatologist for all i know. Who am I to stop him if that's what he wants and if he does his job well. Errrr..... [lots of stumbling over my words]. I believe we need all types of people in medicine. As long as you don't fill your medical school with people like this guy, it should be fine. We kinda need those altruistic people to serve in the underserved communities [wtf]. But once we keep the distribution of people correct, the medical profession will be ok. [wtf!!!]

Considering this was the last of a really horrible interview, a rejection won't be a shock right now.

I'm not sure about how you delivered your answer but I'd say that the content isn't going to hurt you.

 

[inkare]

This is not my answer, but from one of my friends(True story)

Interviewer: So, do you have any additional questions for me?
Friend: Yeah, are there any good fancy restaurants around here?
Interviewer: Well, there are a few around XXX street(don't remember the name)
Friend: Good stuff
Interviewer: Anything else?
Friend: Yes, what are your plans tonight?
Interviewer: Excuse me?
Friend: I figure since we had such a good conversation, why don't I treat you to dinner tonight, and you know, we could spend some quality time together at my hotel room later on.

😱😱

Did he take her offer and did she get in ? lol

 

[xiaoyi666]

Bump. This one needs to go back up top.

 

[hum3a]

Him: Who is the governor of Missouri?

Me: uummmm uhhhhh uhhhhh


hahahaha good thing it was the pre-med committee interview. I made myself get into politics after that lol.

 

[MEDFAN]

This interview was for MSTP.

Interviewer: So, I have to be honest with you. I think that MSTP is a very bad idea. No one can pursue both degrees at the same time. You either like MD or PhD. No one likes both and no one can do both. If it was up to me, I would remove the program from this school. What do you think?

Me: Long long long long shocked pause. I think it is a good program....

Interviewer: well you have to convince me in the next 30 minutes.

 

[Sartorius24]

This was my favorite interview:

Interviewer: So I see you've been volunteering at a free clinic for a long time...tell me about your most interesting experience.
Me: Well there was a patient who came in and complained to me about his low sperm volume
Interviewer: (silence)...well?
Me: I asked him how he knew it was low...and he said he measured it out in a cup
Interviewer: what did you do next?
Me: ...told all the nurses

 

[cgbg]

heard the following story from someone who does interviews for a medical school we will leave unnamed

interviewer: where do you see yourself in 20 years?
interviewee: exactly 20 years?
interviewer: yes
interviewee: to the minute?
interviewer: i guess, why not
interviewee: well it is about 11:00 so on the golf course

student accepted.

 

[gujuDoc]

This isn't really a weird anwser but more of a really awkward situation. I was at a med school interview (I got in, so i dont mind posting). I was the last person to get interviewed for the day, so its like 4pm and I'm hoping they didn't forget about me. Finally I'm called in and the interviewer makes a few nice comments about my app and then this question hit me out of the blue....

Interviewer: So, I've read you're personal statement and seems you had an almost religious experience (PS is about international volunteering). I have to ask you this, what do you think of death?
Me: (me thinking to my self.... Wow thats something weird to take from my PS) I then go on to ramble on that death is a natural part of life kinda the philosophical anwser.
Interviewer: Yes, I see, what I mean is how should doctors approach death?
Me: Well, doctors need to do the best they can with a patient, provide comfort and care to patients... blah blah blah.
Interviewer: Right, I know....but do you think doctors should be held accountable if they kill someone.
Me: Absolutely, although doctors aren't infalible and people die. If a physcian truely makes a mistake thats preventable that comprimises the patients health there should be some sort of ramification.
Interviewer: Damn right they should, doctors can;t go around killing people.

meanwhile i'm thinking to my self... did this conversation really just take place.

I would have responded like you did. Was this a PhD who interviewed you or a medical doctor????

 

[gujuDoc]

heard the following story from someone who does interviews for a medical school we will leave unnamed

interviewer: where do you see yourself in 20 years?
interviewee: exactly 20 years?
interviewer: yes
interviewee: to the minute?
interviewer: i guess, why not
interviewee: well it is about 11:00 so on the golf course

student accepted.

That is awesome just awesome. Very gutsy. I would have been scared to say something like that but that is truly amazing and ballzy!! 😍😍

 

[NMRGUY]

Overall, my interview went well, but the first 10 minutes felt like a scene from Anger Management, here's a brief clip . . .

Interviewer: So what do you see yourself doing in 10 years?

Me: Well, I hope to be working as a cardiologist by then, or just about ready to complete my fellowship in cardiology.

Interviewer: Yes, but what do you see yourself doing?

Me: Oh, you mean, like, day-to-day? Well, I imagine that I will sit on committees at the hospital, see patients, do paperwork, and maybe participate in research and/or teaching, depending on what doors open up for me.

Interviewer: Yes, but what will you be doing?

Me: I'm not sure I understand the question . . . I mean, I thought I answered it quite well.

Interviewer: Well, what does a doctor do?

Me: O-kay . . . I guess I'll paint with a broad brush. On any given day, he or she might wake up early and get to their respective clinic/hospital and start on some paperwork, then, he or she might prepare for rounds, see patients, recommend a care plan, etc. After that, if there's time for lunch, then more of the same. Basically, there's a lot of paperwork and rounds. If the physician has other involvements or obligations, those will fit somewhere into the day too.

Interviewer: Yes, but you're still not answering the question . . . what does a doctor do?

Me: If I haven't answered that question, I don't think I can, except maybe to say that I hope to emphasize, while I'm doing the day-to-day tasks that I've mentioned, that I will approach my practice and my patients with a high level respect and provide, to the best of my ability, competent and holistic care, not just treatment.

Interviewer: Well, if you don't know, you don't know. I guess we can move on.

Once I got to talk about my research, I was able to turn the tables on him because there was literally no question I couldn't answer, probe as he might. I only wish that what I had just went over wasn't true. Still, I'm hoping for an acceptance, I mean, I don't know what else I could've come up with on the spot to make him happy, and by the end of his questioning, I got the feeling that this was his way of seeing how I respond under pressure.

 

[Textuality]

Overall, my interview went well, but the first 10 minutes felt like a scene from Anger Management, here's a brief clip . . .

Interviewer: So what do you see yourself doing in 10 years?

Me: Well, I hope to be working as a cardiologist by then, or just about ready to complete my fellowship in cardiology.

Interviewer: Yes, but what do you see yourself doing?

Me: Oh, you mean, like, day-to-day? Well, I imagine that I will sit on committees at the hospital, see patients, do paperwork, and maybe participate in research and/or teaching, depending on what doors open up for me.

Interviewer: Yes, but what will you be doing?

Me: I'm not sure I understand the question . . . I mean, I thought I answered it quite well.

Interviewer: Well, what does a doctor do?

Me: O-kay . . . I guess I'll paint with a broad brush. On any given day, he or she might wake up early and get to their respective clinic/hospital and start on some paperwork, then, he or she might prepare for rounds, see patients, recommend a care plan, etc. After that, if there's time for lunch, then more of the same. Basically, there's a lot of paperwork and rounds. If the physician has other involvements or obligations, those will fit somewhere into the day too.

Interviewer: Yes, but you're still not answering the question . . . what does a doctor do?

Me: If I haven't answered that question, I don't think I can, except maybe to say that I hope to emphasize, while I'm doing the day-to-day tasks that I've mentioned, that I will approach my practice and my patients with a high level respect and provide, to the best of my ability, competent and holistic care, not just treatment.

Interviewer: Well, if you don't know, you don't know. I guess we can move on.

Once I got to talk about my research, I was able to turn the tables on him because there was literally no question I couldn't answer, probe as he might. I only wish that what I had just went over wasn't true. Still, I'm hoping for an acceptance, I mean, I don't know what else I could've come up with on the spot to make him happy, and by the end of his questioning, I got the feeling that this was his way of seeing how I respond under pressure.

Reminds me of my interview, except the questions were: "Who are you?" and "What do you want out of life". I tried to answer with my interests, goals, etc...but he kept asking..so I kept trying to answer it "correctly"..it ended up kind of a philosophical Socratic kind of interview that was quite odd...totally caught me off guard, that's for sure. No idea if it went well or not, heh. Guess I"ll find out eventually.

 

[majik1213]

Interviewer: What do you see yourself doing in 10 years?
Me: My wife

(didn't actually happen)

 

[coolness411]

I would have responded like you did. Was this a PhD who interviewed you or a medical doctor????

This guy was a PhD. I totally didnt get what he was getting at. That was only one of the weird questions i got in that interview

 

[majik1213]

This guy was a PhD. I totally didnt get what he was getting at. That was only one of the weird questions i got in that interview

yeah I got a weird question at my 1/22/08 Penn State interview .. the guy was like, "okay if 1 is the best potential doctor and 100 the worst, what ranking are you?"

I was like, oh I guess somewhere in the high 20s or low 30s .. and he was like NO exact number please and I was like .. how about 29? (hehe .. mcat score)

and he was like, "OK so what makes a 1? 13? 42? 65? 81? 100?" And I'm not even remotely joking I sat there and explained the nuances of applicants ..

at one point I was like .. "well a 13 is like me except she probably got an 11/11/11 or 13/13/13 on her MCAT, so she's clearly a better applicant for med school" and he stopped me and was like "I didn't ask you to tell me the best applicant for med school, but who would make the best prospective doctor."

So I was like, "oh okay well then I drop my ranking to a 21."

result: waitlist

 

[nevercold]

Overall, my interview went well, but the first 10 minutes felt like a scene from Anger Management, here's a brief clip . . .

Interviewer: So what do you see yourself doing in 10 years?

Me: Well, I hope to be working as a cardiologist by then, or just about ready to complete my fellowship in cardiology.

Interviewer: Yes, but what do you see yourself doing?

Me: Oh, you mean, like, day-to-day? Well, I imagine that I will sit on committees at the hospital, see patients, do paperwork, and maybe participate in research and/or teaching, depending on what doors open up for me.

Interviewer: Yes, but what will you be doing?

Me: I'm not sure I understand the question . . . I mean, I thought I answered it quite well.

Interviewer: Well, what does a doctor do?

Me: O-kay . . . I guess I'll paint with a broad brush. On any given day, he or she might wake up early and get to their respective clinic/hospital and start on some paperwork, then, he or she might prepare for rounds, see patients, recommend a care plan, etc. After that, if there's time for lunch, then more of the same. Basically, there's a lot of paperwork and rounds. If the physician has other involvements or obligations, those will fit somewhere into the day too.

Interviewer: Yes, but you're still not answering the question . . . what does a doctor do?

Me: If I haven't answered that question, I don't think I can, except maybe to say that I hope to emphasize, while I'm doing the day-to-day tasks that I've mentioned, that I will approach my practice and my patients with a high level respect and provide, to the best of my ability, competent and holistic care, not just treatment.

Interviewer: Well, if you don't know, you don't know. I guess we can move on.

Once I got to talk about my research, I was able to turn the tables on him because there was literally no question I couldn't answer, probe as he might. I only wish that what I had just went over wasn't true. Still, I'm hoping for an acceptance, I mean, I don't know what else I could've come up with on the spot to make him happy, and by the end of his questioning, I got the feeling that this was his way of seeing how I respond under pressure.

Dude, that sucks. That's what we in the biz call "asking a bad question." I hate when an interviewer doesn't get the answer they want so they simply re-ask the same question rather than considering that they have not appropriately phrased their question to stimulate the type of discussion they want.

 

[nevercold]

yeah I got a weird question at my 1/22/08 Penn State interview .. the guy was like, "okay if 1 is the best potential doctor and 100 the worst, what ranking are you?"

I was like, oh I guess somewhere in the high 20s or low 30s .. and he was like NO exact number please and I was like .. how about 29? (hehe .. mcat score)

and he was like, "OK so what makes a 1? 13? 42? 65? 81? 100?" And I'm not even remotely joking I sat there and explained the nuances of applicants ..

at one point I was like .. "well a 13 is like me except she probably got an 11/11/11 or 13/13/13 on her MCAT, so she's clearly a better applicant for med school" and he stopped me and was like "I didn't ask you to tell me the best applicant for med school, but who would make the best prospective doctor."

So I was like, "oh okay well then I drop my ranking to a 21."

result: waitlist

Hmm, gonna call this one a bad question, too. Although I think the correct answer would have been 2. To answer 1 is a bit heady, but 2 suggest self-confidence and high aspirations. 🙂

 

[majik1213]

Hmm, gonna call this one a bad question, too. Although I think the correct answer would have been 2. To answer 1 is a bit heady, but 2 suggest self-confidence and high aspirations. 🙂

I can see what you're saying (about the question being bad), but I really liked answering that question because it gave me an opportunity to show him exactly why I thought I was who I was, and it let me offer something more than my application had to offer. The question was a creative thinking question, too, and I like being able to answer with a lot of detail and creative thoughts .. it could've been worse, like, "what do you think of Hillary's health care plan?" And I'd be like .. pshh .. well now I'd say it seems better than Obama's but I'm not too sure about how the public will receive mandatory health care requirements and I think that the system will break down once people find loop holes in the legislation requiring such mandatory health care for all citizens, or would it be residents of USA? See? Illegal immigrants may not have to get health care, and there's your first loop hole, so yeah I'm a bit shaky about that.

I digress .. anyways, I think 29 sounds very competitive, if not heady. There is no way a guy like me with a 29 is gonna be #2 for most competitive applicant (but perhaps could be a great doctor), and to say so really reflects an immature understanding of the situation. Such a pick, IMHO, reflects bravado, complacency (yes, complacency, for the downfall to self-smuggedness will occur on the first medical school exam), and a bit of arrogance.

I was going to say 49, but then I'd be like in the waitlist zone; a 29 is an acceptance zone, IMO, which apparently, if I really was a 29, was not because I was waitlisted.

 

[nevercold]

I can see what you're saying (about the question being bad), but I really liked answering that question because it gave me an opportunity to show him exactly why I thought I was who I was, and it let me offer something more than my application had to offer. The question was a creative thinking question, too, and I like being able to answer with a lot of detail and creative thoughts .. it could've been worse, like, "what do you think of Hillary's health care plan?" And I'd be like .. pshh .. well now I'd say it seems better than Obama's but I'm not too sure about how the public will receive mandatory health care requirements and I think that the system will break down once people find loop holes in the legislation requiring such mandatory health care for all citizens, or would it be residents of USA? See? Illegal immigrants may not have to get health care, and there's your first loop hole, so yeah I'm a bit shaky about that.

I digress .. anyways, I think 29 sounds very competitive, if not heady. There is no way a guy like me with a 29 is gonna be #2 for most competitive applicant (but perhaps could be a great doctor), and to say so really reflects an immature understanding of the situation. Such a pick, IMHO, reflects bravado, complacency (yes, complacency, for the downfall to self-smuggedness will occur on the first medical school exam), and a bit of arrogance.

I was going to say 49, but then I'd be like in the waitlist zone; a 29 is an acceptance zone, IMO, which apparently, if I really was a 29, was not because I was waitlisted.

I was being silly with my reply. I'm sure you answered it well enough.

 

[DemetriMartin]

Overall, my interview went well, but the first 10 minutes felt like a scene from Anger Management, here's a brief clip . . .

Interviewer: So what do you see yourself doing in 10 years?

Me: Well, I hope to be working as a cardiologist by then, or just about ready to complete my fellowship in cardiology.

Interviewer: Yes, but what do you see yourself doing?

Me: Oh, you mean, like, day-to-day? Well, I imagine that I will sit on committees at the hospital, see patients, do paperwork, and maybe participate in research and/or teaching, depending on what doors open up for me.

Interviewer: Yes, but what will you be doing?

Me: I'm not sure I understand the question . . . I mean, I thought I answered it quite well.

Interviewer: Well, what does a doctor do?

Me: O-kay . . . I guess I'll paint with a broad brush. On any given day, he or she might wake up early and get to their respective clinic/hospital and start on some paperwork, then, he or she might prepare for rounds, see patients, recommend a care plan, etc. After that, if there's time for lunch, then more of the same. Basically, there's a lot of paperwork and rounds. If the physician has other involvements or obligations, those will fit somewhere into the day too.

Interviewer: Yes, but you're still not answering the question . . . what does a doctor do?

Me: If I haven't answered that question, I don't think I can, except maybe to say that I hope to emphasize, while I'm doing the day-to-day tasks that I've mentioned, that I will approach my practice and my patients with a high level respect and provide, to the best of my ability, competent and holistic care, not just treatment.

Interviewer: Well, if you don't know, you don't know. I guess we can move on.

Once I got to talk about my research, I was able to turn the tables on him because there was literally no question I couldn't answer, probe as he might. I only wish that what I had just went over wasn't true. Still, I'm hoping for an acceptance, I mean, I don't know what else I could've come up with on the spot to make him happy, and by the end of his questioning, I got the feeling that this was his way of seeing how I respond under pressure.

Same kinda thing happened to me! But the question he kept asking was: "Why do you want to be a doctor?"

I answered it in every possible way, told several stories, gave multiple reasons, but he just kept coming back with: "But that doesn't really answer the question... why do you want to be a doctor? Why did you initially consider a career in medicine?"

Trust me, I answered this question pretty well...

and at the end of it he was like "That's not really answering the question, but it's ok, we can just move on..."

Result: Accepted👍

 

[KnuxNole]

Did he take her offer and did she get in ? lol

Actually it was a guy, and he got waitlisted 🙄

 

[Zorrix]

This was my favorite interview:

Interviewer: So I see you've been volunteering at a free clinic for a long time...tell me about your most interesting experience.
Me: Well there was a patient who came in and complained to me about his low sperm volume
Interviewer: (silence)...well?
Me: I asked him how he knew it was low...and he said he measured it out in a cup
Interviewer: what did you do next?
Me: ...told all the nurses

muahaha..that's funny..i prolly would have done the same

 

[EMH]

I'll have to get the details so I can post this better but a class mate of mine in his interview corrected the faculty and began to tell him about topic he'd written a paper on. Turns out the topic was the faculty's area of research. Not only was he accepted, he's our class president.