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Interviewer: Asks what I would do if I were a resident and my attending didn't agree with X treatment option I wanted done for my patient.
Me: Give well thought out answer with multiple points and examples.
Interviewer: "Eh, no. This is how I would answer the question".... Goes on and tells me that he would wait until it was his turn to present at grand rounds and to present a paper that demonstrates the usefulness of X treatment.
Me: FML
Me: Give well thought out answer with multiple points and examples.
Interviewer: "Eh, no. This is how I would answer the question".... Goes on and tells me that he would wait until it was his turn to present at grand rounds and to present a paper that demonstrates the usefulness of X treatment.
Me: FML
I hate when interviewers ask you what you would do in a scenario you're trying to enter training for.
You're applying to medical school. Chances are you're still an undergrad. The interviewee will really have no intelligent perspective whatsoever on resident-attending relationships. When I was applying I had no idea wtf grand rounds were.
You're applying to medical school. Chances are you're still an undergrad. The interviewee will really have no intelligent perspective whatsoever on resident-attending relationships. When I was applying I had no idea wtf grand rounds were.
*pukes all over interviewer's shoes*Interviewer: So whats your spirit animal, an animal who characterizes you as a person?
Me:........A panda. Because they're cute
I answered the question with why pandas are my favorite animal and I just remembered the question was whats my spirit animal, not my favorite....
Is there any good answer to this?
Me:........A panda. Because they're cute
I answered the question with why pandas are my favorite animal and I just remembered the question was whats my spirit animal, not my favorite....
Is there any good answer to this?
It's perfectly OK to ask questions where you have no inside knowledge. The question above was really "You and your boss have a disagreement; what do you do?"
Maybe the interviewer thought it was a teaching moment, but I disagree with his answer; this type of question may have a few wrong answers, but no right answers. "Wait for rounds", indeed!
A good answer is any one that you can justify. Again, this is one that has no single correct answer, and therefore is a good interview question. Y'know, too many of you see the world in stark black and white terms. Sometimes there are no right and wrong answers.
Interviewer: So whats your spirit animal, an animal who characterizes you as a person?
Me:........A panda. Because they're cute
I answered the question with why pandas are my favorite animal and I just remembered the question was whats my spirit animal, not my favorite....
Is there any good answer to this?
Maybe the interviewer thought it was a teaching moment, but I disagree with his answer; this type of question may have a few wrong answers, but no right answers. "Wait for rounds", indeed!
A good answer is any one that you can justify. Again, this is one that has no single correct answer, and therefore is a good interview question. Y'know, too many of you see the world in stark black and white terms. Sometimes there are no right and wrong answers.
Interviewer: So whats your spirit animal, an animal who characterizes you as a person?
Me:........A panda. Because they're cute
I answered the question with why pandas are my favorite animal and I just remembered the question was whats my spirit animal, not my favorite....
Is there any good answer to this?
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Omg are we the same person? I was asked a similar question and also said a panda...because they eat for at least 12 hours a day lolz
I have this exact shirt, so I guess I know what my answer will be.
http://shirt.woot.com/offers/the-panda-is-my-spirit-animal
http://shirt.woot.com/offers/the-panda-is-my-spirit-animal
omg, I'm cringing thinking/reading about this.
I can't decide whether being present for this would be more funny or awkward.
I'm voting for funny -- but then, I have an irreverent sense of humor. Similar comments throughout the day though puts a different spin on things.
Her: What's the most recent book you've read?
Me: The murder of Roger Aykroyd.
Result: acceptance, hah hahaha ah
Major spoiler: it's about a doctor who commits blackmail and murder. He's also the main character.
Me: The murder of Roger Aykroyd.
Result: acceptance, hah hahaha ah
Major spoiler: it's about a doctor who commits blackmail and murder. He's also the main character.
What if I gave them a Nature citation?
An interviewer asked me, "If you could be an animal, what would it be?"
I don't much care for these sorts of questions, and before I could stop myself I heard myself blurting out, "A honeybadger, 'cause honey badger don't care."
That one earned me deafening silence and a dirty look.
I don't much care for these sorts of questions, and before I could stop myself I heard myself blurting out, "A honeybadger, 'cause honey badger don't care."
That one earned me deafening silence and a dirty look.
I mean, that was voted as my spirit animal by my team, for exactly that reason, so...I'd have said the same!
Glad to know I'm in good company!
I hope "a unicorn" is an acceptable answer to that question.
At least you sounded honest! And it seems to have worked - congratulations!
Again -- the plain truth works. Congratulations!
Awesome! And also nice because a lot of it really does come down to "sucking it up".
Thank you ma'am!
I dont think that was a bad answer, necessarily. I just think your reasoning was off. Maybe "mind reading, so that I can understand the true intentions of someone that purposefully hurt humanity" lol cliche, but not too bad.
btw was that your only II? i would have been DEVESTATED to make it that far and then have to reapply.
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I had 2 interviews that cycle and just got the second II of this cycle. Reapplying is indeed the worst.
Holy **** dude, I think that's the most disturbing joke I've ever heard.
You say 'similar boat' but he's sinking in the kiddie pool while you're going down to join the freaking Titanic.
The fact that this is my third post in here makes me worried that I may not be the best interviewee, but oh well.
Interviewer: So tell me about a time where you made a mistake that resulted in you causing significant harm.
Me: (internally: What???) Um, well when I was a kid my parents got me these hamsters, and after having them for a while there was this one week where I forgot to feed them and they started eating each other until only one was left.
Interviewer: *stares* Okay, and what did you learn from the experience?
Me: To feed your pets?
Interviewer: Genius.
Interviewer: So tell me about a time where you made a mistake that resulted in you causing significant harm.
Me: (internally: What???) Um, well when I was a kid my parents got me these hamsters, and after having them for a while there was this one week where I forgot to feed them and they started eating each other until only one was left.
Interviewer: *stares* Okay, and what did you learn from the experience?
Me: To feed your pets?
Interviewer: Genius.
i know i know, it is HORRIBLE. do you think I can use it to demonstrate my sensitivity to different, diverse cultures? lol
It's not even funny, just offensive and classless.
Sure, go for it. It's a good way to allow interviewers to cut the interview and reject you on the spot.
What? Is that really the first oven joke you've all heard???? I can think of like 4 more right off the top of my head. They were HUGE in middle school.
Nope, not the first time I've heard one! Just the first time I've heard of an adult thinking it's even remotely okay to repeat it 🙄
If it makes you feel any better this happened to me too. 🙁
Dude.
Looks like we have a ban incoming.
Interviewers and adcoms aren't interested in middle school students. There's this thing called maturity expected in applicants.
Are you obtuse?
And no, I'm not Jewish. Just educated.
I think that one's a straight red.
You are an idiot.
Being a southern jew surrounded by jokes like this, I've come to grow an immunity to it. Enjoy the ban hammer though 😀
Oh, God help me. I have so many awful jokes in my head, and this one came to mind:
Q: What's the difference between a Jew and a canoe?
A: A canoe tips.
EDIT: And, yes, I know they're offensive. I would have better sense than to blurt out something like what the dude I quoted said but still. I hope there's not a middle school regression when people are asked that question.
Wish I could have you meet my Grandmother. She has a number on her arm. Tell us one of your jokes about black people or gay people. Oh, afraid of pc police?
I can't believe I'm actually googling "good clean jokes". I feel like I should have better things to do, and yet, the compulsion...
I have a huge arsenal of dirty jokes used to pick up women, so yeah, I'm back to the drawing board.
I'm sorry that your grandmother lived through such a dark time in history. I couldn't imagine living in that time.
It's so weird, you know? It seems like the Holocaust was human eras ago. But it was actually just in the 1940's.
Does this include a peanut butter and jam joke?
Q: Why was the tomato blushing?
A: Because he saw the salad dressing!
Probably the cleanest joke I have. Thank God I'm not applying until June.
The "poorly timed Holocaust joke" card in Cards Against Humanity comes to mind... What a horrible joke...
Again, horrible but not on the same scale as that other crap. That's a run of the mill 'offensive stereotype' joke, not a holocaust joke.
Both are hugely not interview appropriate though...please let's not make this a horrible-off, OK people?
