Worst/Funniest Interview Experiences

[Geneticist]

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[jtanch2]

What's another word for thesaurus?

Dinosaur. 🙂

 

[slatermd]

(We were talking about how my mother didn't approve of the suit I was wearing.)
Interviewer: Well I think it looks sharp on you.
Me: Really? Great! I trust your opinion more than hers.
Interviewer: laughs
Me: Because she's a woman!
Interviewer: stops laughing



(Vascular surgeon interviewer takes me on the rounds and does wound debriement before the interview)
Interviewer: So, do you have any questions for me?
Me: Why did you scrap the patient's wounds before?
Interviewer: (explains wound debriement...)
Me: Neat, is that something patients can do themselves at home?
Interviewer: Silence
Me: It would save them the time of coming into the hospital.
Interviewer: So you want to arm patients with scapels and have them self administer tissue removal?
Me: Well, maybe some procedures are easy enough to explain in a series of how-to steps.
Interviewer: So you want to start the movement for patients to do their own wound debriement? Is this what you want to do in medical school?
Me: um... no...



(Office phone rings during interview)
Me: I'm gonna run to the bathroom while you answer that.
Interviewer: No that's not necessary we're almost done.
Me: Sorry I really gotta go.

*I walk bent-over out of the room, after going to the bathroom, bladder still hurts even from the stretching, and I walk into interview room still bent-over*

Interviewer: (gives a strange look) Are you okay?
Me: Yes
Interviewer: You sure?
Me: Yes
Interviewer: Well thanks for your time today.

Read this entire thread yesterday. Loved a lot, but this one was three for the price of one.

 

[Wafflyw]

Second interviewer of the morning. She comes to the office of admissions and we walk down the hallway to our interview room. Breaking the ice:

I: So how has your morning been?
Me: Interviewing for medical school, so great.
Me: How's your day?
I: "****ty. My three children are home sick and my husband, who's also an anesthesiologist, is home with them today."
I: Oops, I probably shouldn't swear.
Me: Sure I'm from Utah, but not offended by language. I hope your kids get feeling better.
Me: (notice that she's wearing an ID badge, glance at it briefly, we get to the room and take our seats)
Me: Psychology huh? I see we have something in common (I graduated in 2008 with a B.S. in psych)
I: (smiles and points to badge). "Pathology"
Me: Yup, slightly different field.

Later on in the interview:

I: So how did you prepare for your interviews?
Me: I spent time considering what questions I would ask if I were interviewing prospective medical students. Made a bullet-point list of these questions, printed it out, condensed my answers and practiced saying them out loud to myself in the bath tub ...
I: (stare)
Me: Not quite sure why I told you that. I actually do a majority of my studying in the bath tub (oh, so we're keeping with the bath tub and elaborating a bit are we?). Been doing that since my senior year of high school.
I: (stare)
Me: Has some neuroscience logic to it . . . . you know . . . . no distractions, the running water provides a form of white-noise that you can tune out and focus on the material. I also re-familiarized myself with current health care reform legislation and bioethics topics on a variety of government and medical web sites.

My friends and fam constantly tease me about my bath-tub studies. Not quite sure how forcing an interviewer to picture me nude in 3" deep warm water while talking to myself like a schizophrenic will work out. Currently waiting on the final decision.

Haha! Thanks for the laugh! You have a very interesting way of studying! I would've accepted you just because of that!

Oh man, I love this thread! It keeps getting better and better!

 

[Cetsiphon]

My first interview of the season. Crotchety old medical school dean=1, me=0.

Interviewer: How are you today?
Me:Wonderful! How are you today sir?
Interviewer: Fine. *puts specs on and squints at me through them*
Interviewer: How's Wyoming these days? (school in PA)
Me: Oh it's still hanging in there...

One hour later

Interviewer: So why don't you have more interviews? It seems like you should have more interviews...
Me: I ask myself that question fairly frequently myself...

Interviewer: What kind of interests do you have?
Me: Well in my limited free time I like to make electronic music.
Interviewer: *raises bushy gray eyebrow*
Me: You know....uhhhhhhh........I'm sure you've heard it.........uhh.......it usually goes "uhn tiss uhn tiss uhn tiss" (Now unfortunately thinking of Bloodhound Gang)
Interviewer: Ah.....*looks down disdainfully at the rest of my app*

Fin.

Waitlisted lol

 

[BJJ]

My first interview of the season. Crotchety old medical school dean=1, me=0.

Interviewer: How are you today?
Me:Wonderful! How are you today sir?
Interviewer: Fine. *puts specs on and squints at me through them*
Interviewer: How's Wyoming these days? (school in PA)
Me: Oh it's still hanging in there...

One hour later

Interviewer: So why don't you have more interviews? It seems like you should have more interviews...
Me: I ask myself that question fairly frequently myself...

Interviewer: What kind of interests do you have?
Me: Well in my limited free time I like to make electronic music.
Interviewer: *raises bushy gray eyebrow*
Me: You know....uhhhhhhh........I'm sure you've heard it.........uhh.......it usually goes "uhn tiss uhn tiss uhn tiss" (Now unfortunately thinking of Bloodhound Gang)
Interviewer: Ah.....*looks down disdainfully at the rest of my app*

Fin.

Waitlisted lol

Should have broken out the party boy, then he would get it.

 

[ceasefire]

Interviewer: What kind of interests do you have?
Me: Well in my limited free time I like to make electronic music.
Interviewer: *raises bushy gray eyebrow*
Me: You know....uhhhhhhh........I'm sure you've heard it.........uhh.......it usually goes "uhn tiss uhn tiss uhn tiss" (Now unfortunately thinking of Bloodhound Gang)
Interviewer: Ah.....*looks down disdainfully at the rest of my app*

Fin.

Waitlisted lol

That's hilarious!

 

[Evergrey]

My first interview of the season. Crotchety old medical school dean=1, me=0.
[...]

I think we had the same guy. He was tough on me also, and on another SDNer who interviewed with him.

 

[wanderer]

Yea I tried discussing music with him too (not metal, lol). That ended quickly.

He also was sick the day he interviewed with me as well. I thought that might have contributed to his "crotchetiness".



Also, the funny thing is that that school swears they don't conduct stress interviews.

 

[Evergrey]

Yea I tried discussing music with him too (not metal, lol). That ended quickly.

He also was sick the day he interviewed with me as well. I thought that might have contributed to his "crotchetiness".



Also, the funny thing is that that school swears they don't conduct stress interviews.

Yeah lol it was by far the most stressful interview I had! Thankfully I didn't have to talk about my musical interests. He was sick when I interviewed too.. when did you interview?? Crazy! Maybe it's a thing he does to throw applicants off. He never shook my hand. He definitely tries to psych you out.

 

[Torr]

Well, I was in the midwest and I'm from Cali and it was pointed out that this was going to be a big change for me...

Interviewer: So, what do you do for fun?
Me: Well, I really love hanging out with my friends and going to the beach...

All the interviewers look over at the window in the room and snow is just pouring down outside.

Me: Aw, man I shouldnt have said that.
Interviewers: *laughter*
Me: (think of something you can do indoors!!) ... I'm also into coin collecting.
Interviewers: *awkward silence*

...my first interview

 

[hopki099]

This was my first interview:

Interviewer: (basically going down my AMCAS and asking about each activity) So it says you traveled to Iowa, Missouri, Louisiana? Wow! What was that all about?

Me: Yeah, that was a really great experience. I went on service trip for students over spring break who want to do something other than your typical spring break vacation. It was through a student group called STLF which stands for uh... which stands for...😕😕😕 well it's there on the application.

Interviewer: Oh! Students Today, Leaders Forever

Me: Yeah! That's it.

Interviewer: *Circles what STLF stands for*


The whole interview went great and the doc did an excellent job making me feel comfortable. I just have used the acronym so often verbally that I completely blanked on what it actually stood for, hah.

Still waiting for them to evaluate my app.

 

[slatermd]

Me: (think of something you can do indoors!!) ... I'm also into coin collecting.
Interviewers: *awkward silence*

...my first interview

Dude, you sound like you may be very important....with many leather-bound books.

 

[SOcash]

Dude, you sound like you may be very important....with many leather-bound books.

But what type of hardwood does his apartment smell like?

 

[Torr]

Dude, you sound like you may be very important....with many leather-bound books.

It's true 😎. My apartment smells of rich mahogany.

 

[Torr]

But what type of hardwood does his apartment smell like?

Beat me to the punch! 😡

 

[wanderer]

Yeah lol it was by far the most stressful interview I had! Thankfully I didn't have to talk about my musical interests. He was sick when I interviewed too.. when did you interview?? Crazy! Maybe it's a thing he does to throw applicants off. He never shook my hand. He definitely tries to psych you out.

I think we interviewed on consecutive days.

The music thing began when he asked what I remembered about a core music course I took, so I answered something that quickly came to mind and had to do with a very famous pop-rock song by a pretty famous artist of the 60s and 70s (and I figured this would help me relate to him a bit). So I ask "Are you familiar with [so-and-so]?" To which he replied rather bluntly "No. Never heard of him."

 

[Evergrey]

I think we interviewed on consecutive days.

The music thing began when he asked what I remembered about a core music course I took, so I answered something that quickly came to mind and had to do with a very famous pop-rock song by a pretty famous artist of the 60s and 70s (and I figured this would help me relate to him a bit). So I ask "Are you familiar with [so-and-so]?" To which he replied rather bluntly "No. Never heard of him."

rofl, I have no idea how I would respond in that situation. How do you describe land to a fish? I really think he just tries to push peoples' buttons to see how they respond.. He had to have been lying.

 

[slatermd]

But what type of hardwood does his apartment smell like?

It's true 😎. My apartment smells of rich mahogany.

Good thing you answered for me. I've actually never even seen the movie

 

[Torr]

I've actually never even seen the movie

What!!? 😱

This makes me sad.

 

[Cetsiphon]

rofl, I have no idea how I would respond in that situation. How do you describe land to a fish? I really think he just tries to push peoples' buttons to see how they respond.. He had to have been lying.

Haha his name definitely did begin with K. I was kind of upset that he kept me for so long and he wasn't very nice. I guess when you're executive dean you don't need to care about interviewers much. I interviewed 1/14 also. It's funny you and wanderer had similar experiences.

 

[Evergrey]

I think it's an interesting interview style, I didn't mind it when it was happening but like I mentioned, I think most people are a bit put off by it. I have been around a lot of people (had friends even) that were like him, so maybe I was used to it 🙂 When the interview ended I had an odd respect for him. I dunno if that makes sense. I definitely see where you are coming from though.

 

[SFO-IST]

Interviewer: So tell me about your research interests

Me: ....(pause)... should I be technical?

I: (somewhat annoyed) uhhh, yes, be technical.

I was pausing to think about how I should taylor the answer to her background. Instead of asking her what her background was, I stupidly asked if I should be technical. I later found out that the interviewer was an NP. I think my well intentioned clarification definitely pushed a button - the reject button!

 

[SpooNe]

these are hilarious!

I had a weird reaction to one of those 'hypothetical' questions:

interviewer: so let's speak hypothetically here - if you were a captain in the airforce, and you had six men under your charge, and you were flying in a plane that was crashed over the ocean, and you were all stuck on a lifeboat with no hope for rescue, and only had supplies for five men, and had no choice but to throw somebody overboard or else everybody dies...what would you do?
me: wow...that's hard one.
me: (thinking)
me: so i HAVE to throw somebody overboard?
interviewer: yeah
me: or everbody else dies?
interviewer: yup
me: I can't just wait for a rescue boat or something?
interviewer: nope
me😳kay..well i guess...i ...would...uh...consult the, uh, other men on the boat and ask for a volunteer? then if there were no volunteers i would, uh...wait for three days and see if we get rescued, then if not..i would ask for a volunteer again...if nobody volunteers, i can't justify having one of my men die under my care, so i would, uh, (and here's where I start to get choked up) throw myself overboard.
interviewer: well...it's good that you considered consulting your men because being in a medical setting involves being part of a team. you're going to be part of tough situations like that and etc.

ugh..that never happened to me before! and everything else was going so well 😡

Tell him you will hypothetically conjure up more supplies 🙂

 

[fullset]

Yeah lol it was by far the most stressful interview I had! Thankfully I didn't have to talk about my musical interests. He was sick when I interviewed too.. when did you interview?? Crazy! Maybe it's a thing he does to throw applicants off. He never shook my hand. He definitely tries to psych you out.

Weird...just out of curiosity, was this at MCG?

 

[Geneticist]

Interviewer: So tell me about your research interests

Me: ....(pause)... should I be technical?

I: (somewhat annoyed) uhhh, yes, be technical.

I was pausing to think about how I should taylor the answer to her background. Instead of asking her what her background was, I stupidly asked if I should be technical. I later found out that the interviewer was an NP. I think my well intentioned clarification definitely pushed a button - the reject button!

Accidental condescension ftw!

 

[Hawaiianhost1]

Interviewers at this school are notorious for asking irrelevant questions.

I: If you were to be a cookie, any cookie, which cookie would you be and why?
Me: uh....Chocolate chip? Because everyone like chocolate chips and they taste really good! (Just thought of how terrible that sounded. *facepalm*)

During the interview, I also said that I have relatively weak communication skills and would never perform an abortion.

I thought I bombed that interview so I drowned my sorrows in ice cream and fried foods for a week.

But.... I got in so life's good 😀

 

[SilverBvllet]

Interviewer: so what word do you think describes you best?
Me: hmmm... good question I'll have to think about that one.
Interviewer: sure 🙂
Me: hmm
<30 seconds later>
Me: ok I got one. DECISIVE.
Interviewer: 😵
Me: uhh yeah, except for just now.

 

[maniacmath13]

I almost lol'd during this interview.

Interviewer: So what do you think of the new health care bill?
Me: Honestly I'm not too familiar with the bill, but if you could tell me some of the changes introduced by the bill I would gladly comment on them.
Interviewer: I'm actually not familiar with it myself, let's move on.

 

[slatermd]

I almost lol'd during this interview.

Interviewer: So what do you think of the new health care bill?
Me: Honestly I'm not too familiar with the bill, but if you could tell me some of the changes introduced by the bill I would gladly comment on them.
Interviewer: I'm actually not familiar with it myself, let's move on.

What a lucky break.

 

[SilverBvllet]

Interviewer: if you were any cell in the body what would you be?
Me: cancer cell because I do cancer research
Interviewer: 😵
Me: can I pick another one
Interviewer: let's move on.

 

[Geneticist]

Interviewer: if you were any cell in the body what would you be?
Me: cancer cell because I do cancer research
Interviewer: 😵
Me: can I pick another one
Interviewer: let's move on.

Interviewer: so what word do you think describes you best?
Me: hmmm... good question I'll have to think about that one.
Interviewer: sure 🙂
Me: hmm
<30 seconds later>
Me: ok I got one. DECISIVE.
Interviewer: 😵
Me: uhh yeah, except for just now.

I doubt the validity of those two.

 

[gujuDoc]

Interviewer: if you were any cell in the body what would you be?
Me: cancer cell because I do cancer research
Interviewer: 😵
Me: can I pick another one
Interviewer: let's move on.

So you'd be a cell that gets people sick??

I'd be a neuron cuz I'm the brains of the operation, the information transmitter of the body.

Now if you said you'd be a cancer cell so u can live forever that would've been funnier and more clever. haha

 

[Myuu]

So you'd be a cell that gets people sick??

I'd be a neuron cuz I'm the brains of the operation, the information transmitter of the body.

Now if you said you'd be a cancer cell so u can live forever that would've been funnier and more clever. haha

I think you'd have to specify a type/location of neuron to pull that off. Are you a cortical neuron? Are you in the basal ganglia? Or are you a post-ganglionic sympathetic neuron just doing what you're told?

 

[Torr]

I tried to repress most of the bad answers but just remembered one. Yay!

Interviewer: So, you've worked in the ER for some time. What did you learn?
Me: (couldn't think of one thing!) ....hmmm...I learned that insurance companies are the enemy!!

 

[BioBA]

In a panel interview I was being asked the standard questions.."why medicine?" "Why this school" "Tell us about this activity" Everything was going fine. Then they asked me what I would do if I couldn't be a doctor

Interviewer: So, what would you do if you couldn't be a physician?

Me: (blurting out immediately like a dumb-ass) Oh! I'd live in Mexico!!

Interviewers: ............just live there? Nothing else?.......

Me: (F*$@, why would I say that?!).......Yeah....I just like being immersed in different cultures...

Interviewer: Alright, lets move on...

I think I said that because I didn't want to give the same old bs answer of "Be a nurse, PA, EMT, etc." But it came out really weird and nonsensical.

 

[Torr]

Interviewer: So, what would you do if you couldn't be a physician?

Me: (blurting out immediately like a dumb-ass) Oh! I'd live in Mexico!!

That's pretty funny.

 

[FlowRate]

Interviewers at this school are notorious for asking irrelevant questions.

I: If you were to be a cookie, any cookie, which cookie would you be and why?
Me: uh....Chocolate chip? Because everyone like chocolate chips and they taste really good! (Just thought of how terrible that sounded. *facepalm*)

During the interview, I also said that I have relatively weak communication skills and would never perform an abortion.

I thought I bombed that interview so I drowned my sorrows in ice cream and fried foods for a week.

But.... I got in so life's good 😀

OMG, so many ridiculous questions at that school. It doesn't help that the interviewers are supposed to read from a list of questions, which all include the silly ones. Ugh.

In a panel interview I was being asked the standard questions.."why medicine?" "Why this school" "Tell us about this activity" Everything was going fine. Then they asked me what I would do if I couldn't be a doctor

Interviewer: So, what would you do if you couldn't be a physician?

Me: (blurting out immediately like a dumb-ass) Oh! I'd live in Mexico!!

Interviewers: ............just live there? Nothing else?.......

Me: (F*$@, why would I say that?!).......Yeah....I just like being immersed in different cultures...

Interviewer: Alright, lets move on...

I think I said that because I didn't want to give the same old bs answer of "Be a nurse, PA, EMT, etc." But it came out really weird and nonsensical.

Lol "I'D RUN AWAY TO MEXICO!!!"

 

[Geneticist]

If your interviewer says, "let's move on" (or any variation on that), you probably just said something stupid. I'll have to keep that in mind during my interviews.

 

[Musclemass]

If your interviewer says, "let's move on" (or any variation on that), you probably just said something stupid. I'll have to keep that in mind during my interviews.

Not necessarily. Sometimes they're assigned a list of questions/topics to cover, and saying "let's move on" means they're done with the current topic and wish to advance to the next item on their list.

 

[yankeesmed]

By the time I had my Downstate interview, I was tired of entertaining angry men I did not get along with. This guy reaaaaally wanted me to have an inspirational story behind every single one of my aspirations. I am interested in surgery because I think it is cool. There is no defining moment in my life that made me want to cut people open and work on their insides. I did not even try to give him the story he was pushing for.

Then, when he asked about my research, I told him about the research I did in my major field, which was literature. He said, "no I mean . . . well, not that kind of research." I said, "Oh, you mean scientific research? Yes, as you see on my application I volunteered at hospital x in the x research department." I briefly explained what they were researching and then he tried to get more out of me, even though it was clear I was pretty much shadowing the researchers. Finally I said,

"I didn't do any thinking, if that's what you are trying to ask. I am not qualified to think about spinal cord injuries yet. I just shut up and listened."

On top of that, Downstate was one of the first apps I filled out and when they asked the dreaded "Why us?" question on the secondary, I went online and found the head of the surgery department and wrote about how I admired his work. All interview season I was dreading getting an interview and being confronted about this BS.

Finally, as the interview at Downstate is wrapping up, the interviewer says, "Oh, and I see you really admire Dr. Such and Such? What is it about him that you like"

I said, "Oh, I just saw him on the website and liked that he was the head of the surgery department." I was trying to brush it off and move on.

He wouldn't quit and asked, "You know he's only been with us for a few months?" And didn't seem too fond of him.

I firmly said, "Yes." And gave him an awkard stare until he asked a new question.

REJECTED

 

[slatermd]

^That sounds pretty painful. This is the reason I don't want to apply to a ton of schools. I can only conjure up so many BS responses to "Why this school?" and I know there are plenty of people out there like that guy, who won't appreciate my ambivalence.

 

[yankeesmed]

^That sounds pretty painful. This is the reason I don't want to apply to a ton of schools. I can only conjure up so many BS responses to "Why this school?" and I know there are plenty of people out there like that guy, who won't appreciate my ambivalence.

Yea, there is a difference between applying broadly and applying wildly. I thought applications were like lotto tickets, but they aren't. It's not about luck; it's about fit and qualification. A lot of money and effort spent unnecessarily. I think you have to learn it on your own, though. If you feel like you need to apply everywhere, you won't feel right unless you do, no matter what people tell you.

 

[wanderer]

By the time I had my Downstate interview, I was tired of entertaining angry men I did not get along with. This guy reaaaaally wanted me to have an inspirational story behind every single one of my aspirations. I am interested in surgery because I think it is cool. There is no defining moment in my life that made me want to cut people open and work on their insides. I did not even try to give him the story he was pushing for.

Then, when he asked about my research, I told him about the research I did in my major field, which was literature. He said, "no I mean . . . well, not that kind of research." I said, "Oh, you mean scientific research? Yes, as you see on my application I volunteered at hospital x in the x research department." I briefly explained what they were researching and then he tried to get more out of me, even though it was clear I was pretty much shadowing the researchers. Finally I said,

"I didn't do any thinking, if that's what you are trying to ask. I am not qualified to think about spinal cord injuries yet. I just shut up and listened."

On top of that, Downstate was one of the first apps I filled out and when they asked the dreaded "Why us?" question on the secondary, I went online and found the head of the surgery department and wrote about how I admired his work. All interview season I was dreading getting an interview and being confronted about this BS.

Finally, as the interview at Downstate is wrapping up, the interviewer says, "Oh, and I see you really admire Dr. Such and Such? What is it about him that you like"

I said, "Oh, I just saw him on the website and liked that he was the head of the surgery department." I was trying to brush it off and move on.

He wouldn't quit and asked, "You know he's only been with us for a few months?" And didn't seem too fond of him.

I firmly said, "Yes." And gave him an awkard stare until he asked a new question.

REJECTED

Not at all surprised. My interview had lots of 😕 questions/moments, and it seems to be very common at the school. They try to make all their interviewers read off a list of questions, and that often leads to awkward moments. Quite a few people have told me that their worst interviews were at this school.

 

[bobow98]

I actually had a really nice interview at that school with a lady faculty from Neuroscience.

I liked how the questions came along, seemed quite structured to me. But she may have just skipped the wacky ones anyway.

 

[Doc of the Walk]

Now that the 2011 cycle is over (per May 15th date), lets hear those interview stories!

 

[Tapepsi]

Interviewer: So how did shadowing surgeons help you realize that you wanted to be a pediatrician?
Me: It didn't. It definitely helped give me exposure though to the medical field and how the nurses and physicans function as a team. I also learned a lot about joints, the heart, and the lungs. Besides, I will encounter surgery during one of my rotations whether I plan on entering it or not.
Interviewer: So then why didn't you shadow a pediatrician then if you don't want to go into surgery?
Me: I did? 😕
Interviewer: (checks app) Yes but you didn't shadow the pediatrican nearly as long as you did the surgeons.
Me: ...Well I was able to get an internship with the hospital and wasn't able to with the pediatrican and was only allowed to shadow the pediatrician for a limited time.
Interviewer: Yes but do you see where I'm going with this?
Me: ...No?
(Awkward silence and interview ends on this note)

Accepted. 😀

 

[Swiss Medical]

Interviewer: So how did shadowing surgeons help you realize that you wanted to be a pediatrician?
Me: It didn't. It definitely helped give me exposure though to the medical field and how the nurses and physicans function as a team. I also learned a lot about joints, the heart, and the lungs. Besides, I will encounter surgery during one of my rotations whether I plan on entering it or not.
Interviewer: So then why didn't you shadow a pediatrician then if you don't want to go into surgery?
Me: I did? 😕
Interviewer: (checks app) Yes but you didn't shadow the pediatrican nearly as long as you did the surgeons.
Me: ...Well I was able to get an internship with the hospital and wasn't able to with the pediatrican and was only allowed to shadow the pediatrician for a limited time.
Interviewer: Yes but do you see where I'm going with this?
Me: ...No?
(Awkward silence and interview ends on this note)

Accepted. 😀

What a confusing interviewer.😱

 

[FrazzleSnazzle]

Interviewer: So how did shadowing surgeons help you realize that you wanted to be a pediatrician?
Me: It didn't. It definitely helped give me exposure though to the medical field and how the nurses and physicans function as a team. I also learned a lot about joints, the heart, and the lungs. Besides, I will encounter surgery during one of my rotations whether I plan on entering it or not.
Interviewer: So then why didn't you shadow a pediatrician then if you don't want to go into surgery?
Me: I did? 😕
Interviewer: (checks app) Yes but you didn't shadow the pediatrican nearly as long as you did the surgeons.
Me: ...Well I was able to get an internship with the hospital and wasn't able to with the pediatrican and was only allowed to shadow the pediatrician for a limited time.
Interviewer: Yes but do you see where I'm going with this?
Me: ...No?
(Awkward silence and interview ends on this note)

Accepted. 😀

Sounds like the interviewer was trying for a "gotcha" moment by putting doubt over your sincerity on wanting to become a pediatrician but didn't read your app correctly and then tried to cover his/her mistake by confusing you.

 

[Swiss Medical]

Sounds like the interviewer was trying for a "gotcha" moment by putting doubt over your sincerity on wanting to become a pediatrician but didn't read your app correctly and then tried to cover his/her mistake by confusing you.

That's what I'm saying....Thank goodness all my job interviews were done via skype...

By the way, you signature is hilarious...