I just remembered an awful answer I gave at an interview. It was my very first interview at a school that I wasn't really interested in, so I wasn't too beat up about it... but I was very embarrassed!
We were talking about general surgeons for a good 10 minutes then right in the middle of it, she says:
Interviewer: If you were to become Surgeon General tomorrow, what is the first thing you would do?
Me: (Thinking she said general surgeon.. not surgeon general) ...*pause*... I guess I would work on my bedside manner? There are a lot of surgeons that I've encountered who have a pretty awful bedside manner, which is important to... blah blah blah (then I elaborated).
She gave me a puzzled look then moved on. I didn't even catch this mistake until I walked out the door. I really thought she said general surgeon and I thought that was such a bizarre question to ask.
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