Worst/Funniest Interview Experiences

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hazel16 said:
Interview #2: I show up at the professor's office. She's smiling and seems friendly. Seeing a large apparatus on her desk, I decide to open with a joke about how I didn't know I was going to get an eye exam. Um. No. She points out that it's a microscope. I suppose I should have guessed with the fact that her office was in the pathology department.
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😱 you've never seen a microscope before? Don't most people use them in intro bio?
 
drizzt3117 said:
😱 you've never seen a microscope before? Don't most people use them in intro bio?
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:laugh: I was a bio major, I've definitely used microscopes before. This one was large and fancy with two viewing places. I was just a bit nervous and not thinking clearly.
 
Interviewer: So, is this your first interview?
Me:(blurting it out) YES! I'm just, you know, trying to get it out of the way before my college classes start soon...but, uh, I'm really glad to be here! (my pathetic attempt to save myself 😳)

Later on,
Interviewer: You know you're a very competitive applicant right? Why did you apply to so many schools?
Me: Well, I was told to apply broadly, and I'd rather be safe than sorry...

Promptly resulted in a waitlist a few weeks later. Oh well, there's a first time for everything, I guess 🙄
 
I love this thread so I'll add one of mine. This wasn't for med school, it was at the UCSF Pharm. School. I had 2 interviewers:

Interviewer #1: Give me three of your weaknesses.

Me: *Completely blank out here* Um....well...I...*silence while I frantically try to think of 3 bad things I can turn into good things* Uh...I...um *more silence*

Interviewer #2 suddenly chimes in: I know one! One of your weaknesses is not being able to come up with any weaknesses. *Then they both start roaring with laughter and I awkwardly laugh along still trying to come up with something to save myself. 😱
 
Caribou said:
Interviewer: "I see you took several classes in linguistics. My wife is a linguist and I'm always surprised by the level of quanitative thought involved in linguistic analyses. I'm sure you enjoyed the complex formulae applied... etc., etc., etc. ... is that how you felt about it?"

Me **quick, think of something intelligent to say**: "Yes."
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The correct answer was:

"Yes, I am quite the cunning linguist." 😀

I haven't had med school interviews yet, as I'm not applying for almost 2 more years. But this happened to me when I was 13, interviewing for a scholarship at a private high school in the area. Firstly, my mom and I left work/school early for this interview, and they wound up making me wait 2 hours or so, to the point we didn't need to leave. Then, they said I had a 99th percentile on last year's CAT test, but a 98% on this year's, why did it go down? Too bad I didn't fully understand how standardized tests worked at the time or I could have actually answered them, but this is what really sucked.

Nun: "Do you think Christmas is over-commercialized in the world these days?" (First, WTF are you doing asking a 13-year-old this question?!?!)

Me: "Um... I guess not."

Nun: "Why?"

Me: "Um... because they sell Nativity scenes?"

I didn't get the scholarship, even though I had scored the highest at that school. Ah well, I didn't really want to go there anyway, especially after I got the Neuman Scholarship that gives you full tuition to any Archidiocesan Catholic High School (which didn't include that school).
 
this happened to my friend:


Doc: "So...I see you've volunteered in the hospital. Very good. Tell me....what do you think about the uniforms health care workers wear in the hospital?

Applicant: "Uh....well they are very important. sometimes to ensure a sterile environment....and uh....often so that patients can recognize a doctor or nurse."

Doc: "So you think its important for doctors to wear white coats?"

Applicant: "......absolutely!!! without the coat...the patient may be confused about your role in the hospital....or....may not respect you as much, or even trust you as much. the white coat is associated with a healer, a doctor."


Doc: "......Usually I dont wear a white coat..."

Applicant (panicking) : ".........WELL...YOU DONT HAVE TO!!! Cause, you look so official already. You look like a doctor."


Doc: "I LOOK like one? So you think all doctors are caucasian men, and six feet tall?"


Applicant: ".....uhm no not exactly. i guess white coats are not that important, after all. haha"


Doc: " Yes they ARE. in a hospital they are. im a psychiatrist who works mostly in private practice....."

Applicant: "Oh yeah..."



The result of the interview: Rejection.
 
BigMDT said:
this happened to my friend:


Doc: "So...I see you've volunteered in the hospital. Very good. Tell me....what do you think about the uniforms health care workers wear in the hospital?

Applicant: "Uh....well they are very important. sometimes to ensure a sterile environment....and uh....often so that patients can recognize a doctor or nurse."

Doc: "So you think its important for doctors to wear white coats?"

Applicant: "......absolutely!!! without the coat...the patient may be confused about your role in the hospital....or....may not respect you as much, or even trust you as much. the white coat is associated with a healer, a doctor."


Doc: "......Usually I dont wear a white coat..."

Applicant (panicking) : ".........WELL...YOU DONT HAVE TO!!! Cause, you look so official already. You look like a doctor."


Doc: "I LOOK like one? So you think all doctors are caucasian men, and six feet tall?"


Applicant: ".....uhm no not exactly. i guess white coats are not that important, after all. haha"


Doc: " Yes they ARE. in a hospital they are. im a psychiatrist who works mostly in private practice....."

Applicant: "Oh yeah..."



The result of the interview: Rejection.
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On the issue of white coats I don't think they are all that important even in hospitals. Some hospitals don't use them at all though they make the docs dress up (i.e. Mayo clinic and affiliated hospitals). A long time ago I read that white coats have been banned in some places in England because they think it is more sterile to wear loose clothing that is short sleeve like scrubs. Don't know how that would affect certain religious groups where covering themselves is part of their religion.
 
I had a similar episode:

Interviewer: So, have you given any thought to what specialty you want to do?

Me: Well, just like all kids who wan't to be a doctor when they grow up, most med student's IMO want to be surgeons after medical school too. So right now i'm leaning towards surgery, but I think that will change.

Interviewer: But you are still trying to be a doctor, right?

Me: .......... ummm ......... yeah, then I guess we can conclude I wan't to be a surgeon. 😀

Haha, still haven't heard back from them, but I don't think i'm getting in.
 
This was at a local comittee interview so it's not really a med school interview, but it still sucks.

Interviewer (after talking about my plans for becoming a doctor and getting into med school and all): so what's plan B?

Me: well, I would like to train to become an EMT as I wait to reapply and if I don't get into medical school, eventually, I would concede to become active in other fields of medicine such as pharmacy, podiatry, or optometry.

Interviewer:...Plan B is a contraceptive...

Me (in my head): F***!

what kind of stupid question is that anyways? out of the friggin blue. I felt like such a *******
 
BearDoc8 said:
Interviewer:...Plan B is a contraceptive...

Me (in my head): F***!
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:

That is out of nowhere considering he was talking about you wanting to go to med school! I would've thought he was asking about my backup plans too.
 
this is one of the funniest interview stories i've heard...

interviewer: what are your weaknesses?

applicant: hmmmmm..... im not sure. do u watch the office?

interviewer... no i dont (should have taken that as a hint to stop)

applicant: in an interview michael scott said his weakness were that he was too caring, cared too much. i guess i can kind of relate, well...im not thaaaat caring...i mean i care...i'm just not "too" caring....um... i dunno. i guess i should floss more often. my dentis says if i do then my gums wont bleed as much

interviewer: .......
 
In my first interview of the season...

We started with some smalltalk about EC's and so on, which went great...THEN

Interviewer: So how do feel about the high number of uninsured U.S. citizens? How do we pay for them?

Me: (brain fart) Uh....(say something about public health awareness, preventative medicine, just SAY SOMETHING)...Umm...I mean, SOMEBODY has to pay for it! 😱

What was I thinking? Still no response from this school.🙁
 
I like this thread so much, I hope more people post.

My interviews, thankfully, have gone well, though I had a close call:

Interviewer: I see you have a withdrawl on your transcript. Can you explain that?

Me: Yes, ma'am. I never went to that class. (I immediately realize how horribly this sounds, and begin trying to save myself...)

Interviewer: Well that's not a good sign, is it?

Thankfully, I managed to explain that it was summer lab course and the drop/add period was the same week that classes started, but labs didn't start until week 2, so I just accidently missed the drop/add period. I never attended the course, just decided I didn't want to take it at that point. I then stumbled as I said that it was a difficult summer because the coach on my sports team had been fired, I didn't know if I would still have a scholarship once a new coach was hired, blah blah blah. Luckily, she seemed to understand or at least moved on to another topic...
 
BigMDT said:
this happened to my friend:


Doc: "So...I see you've volunteered in the hospital. Very good. Tell me....what do you think about the uniforms health care workers wear in the hospital?

Applicant: "Uh....well they are very important. sometimes to ensure a sterile environment....and uh....often so that patients can recognize a doctor or nurse."

Doc: "So you think its important for doctors to wear white coats?"

Applicant: "......absolutely!!! without the coat...the patient may be confused about your role in the hospital....or....may not respect you as much, or even trust you as much. the white coat is associated with a healer, a doctor."


Doc: "......Usually I dont wear a white coat..."

Applicant (panicking) : ".........WELL...YOU DONT HAVE TO!!! Cause, you look so official already. You look like a doctor."


Doc: "I LOOK like one? So you think all doctors are caucasian men, and six feet tall?"


Applicant: ".....uhm no not exactly. i guess white coats are not that important, after all. haha"


Doc: " Yes they ARE. in a hospital they are. im a psychiatrist who works mostly in private practice....."

Applicant: "Oh yeah..."



The result of the interview: Rejection.
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Wow, see I'm a 4th year student and I do some interviews for my school and that guy is just a jerk. He's giving you a hard time and trying to make you squirm on purpose. I say as long as you avoid over-reaching absolute statements, you should stick to your guns. Besides, sometimes it is just as nerve-wracking for the interviewer when you ask a question that doesn't come out right or that ends up being a crappy question (like that "Plan B" question). Just assume they need to impress you, too.
 
Interviewer: Why do you think we should pick you over all these other candidates?

Me: (I think for a moment) Well 50 years from now I'd like to think that I graduated from this class (new school) and furthered its goals as a school and increased its standing in the larger medical community. To know that I made difference.

Interviewer: Completely busts out laughing. (I'm serious)

I was trying to answer differently but instead I do this.
 
Tachymeter said:
Interviewer: Why do you think we should pick you over all these other candidates?

Me: (I think for a moment) Well 50 years from now I'd like to think that I graduated from this class (new school) and furthered its goals as a school and increased its standing in the larger medical community. To know that I made difference.

Interviewer: Completely busts out laughing. (I'm serious)

I was trying to answer differently but instead I do this.
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Haha. I can tell interviews are going to be fun already...
 
Just to preface this, I went to UMich for undergrad, and this interview took place shortly after our football team lost the first two games of the season.

Anyway, while waiting in the admissions office to be taken back for my second interview I was talking with other students about where we went to undergrad and for some reason I mentioned I go to the football games. A few minutes later a man appears from elsewhere in the office. The following conversation ensues.

Man: I heard you say you go to U of M. What do you think of Lloyd Carr (football coach at the time for anybody who doesn't know/pay attention)? Should he be fired?
Me: Uh... well, I don't really follow with things that closely, so I don't really want to say without knowing everything that has gone on.
Man: Come on! I like people who can take a side! Pick a side! I'm your interviewer, by the way. Follow me back to my office.
Me: 😱 ...well then...I guess...he could do a better job.
Man: Nah, I think people are too hard on Carr. He's a good coach.
Me: Well like I said, I'm not really sure what goes into coaching a football team, so I don't know who is to blame.
Man: I thought you said you go to the games. Don't you know anything about football?

This pretty much continued for the first 5 minutes and was brought up again later on. He also asked me something about what I would do if I were the President, and told me that he could see me in a leadership role in the future. 😕

I was waitlisted.
 
Interviewer (of a prestigious NY medical school): (points at a photo of Al Gore in the NY Times) "What do you think of this guy?"

My dumb-ass: ... "I'm not much on politics" (WTF)?


No, I didn't get in... WL, though.
 
This thread delivers! :laugh: :laugh:

The sad thing is I'll probably do all of these things if I decide to pursue this field. I get so god damn nervous at interviews... not that this one is what the thread was looking for, but this summer I was applying at Best Buy for a summer job so I could get a nice discount on accessorizing my dorm 🙂rolleyes🙂 and one of the questions went like this..

Interviewer - (starts off talking about theft and what I would do to prevent it / report it, and then goes on to this question) So if you had to steal something from here, what would it be?

Me - Absolutely nothing, blah blah blah, stealing is wrong

Interviewer - What if you HAD to steal something?

Me - I just wouldn't do it, simple as that

Interviewer - Ok, you have no choice, you have to take something)

Me - (At this point I realize he isn't going to give up) I guess I'd just take a big screen tv

Interviewer - Oh yeah? Why?

Me - I could use one for my dorm room

Interviewer - Ohh..

Me - (God damnit are you ******ed? Now you just sound like some punk who wants to jack a tv for his dorm! :scared:) I guess that was the wrong answer huh?

Interviewer - Yeah I think so...

Damn I hope medical school interviews aren't like this! Do they repeatedly ask you the same question if they don't like the answer you gave? I really didn't mean I'd 'steal' anything, I just meant that was what I liked the most from there. Sorry this isn't a med school interview.. just wanted to share how I'm like in nerve-wracking interviews 🙁
 
BigMDT said:
this happened to my friend:


Doc: "So...I see you've volunteered in the hospital. Very good. Tell me....what do you think about the uniforms health care workers wear in the hospital?

Applicant: "Uh....well they are very important. sometimes to ensure a sterile environment....and uh....often so that patients can recognize a doctor or nurse."

Doc: "So you think its important for doctors to wear white coats?"

Applicant: "......absolutely!!! without the coat...the patient may be confused about your role in the hospital....or....may not respect you as much, or even trust you as much. the white coat is associated with a healer, a doctor."


Doc: "......Usually I dont wear a white coat..."

Applicant (panicking) : ".........WELL...YOU DONT HAVE TO!!! Cause, you look so official already. You look like a doctor."


Doc: "I LOOK like one? So you think all doctors are caucasian men, and six feet tall?"


Applicant: ".....uhm no not exactly. i guess white coats are not that important, after all. haha"


Doc: " Yes they ARE. in a hospital they are. im a psychiatrist who works mostly in private practice....."

Applicant: "Oh yeah..."



The result of the interview: Rejection.
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I don't interview peeps or anything, but i would reject that person too. With every qualification of his answer he appears more and more spineless. What's so wrong about disagreeing with your interviewer?? You think uniforms are needed to differentiate hospital workers, he doesnt like wearing one. That alone is not going to kill your evaluation, but changing your answer in a transparent attempt to say the "right" thing (never mind what you think) will.
 
vin5cent0 said:
This thread delivers! :laugh: :laugh:

The sad thing is I'll probably do all of these things if I decide to pursue this field. I get so god damn nervous at interviews... not that this one is what the thread was looking for, but this summer I was applying at Best Buy for a summer job so I could get a nice discount on accessorizing my dorm 🙂rolleyes🙂 and one of the questions went like this..

Interviewer - (starts off talking about theft and what I would do to prevent it / report it, and then goes on to this question) So if you had to steal something from here, what would it be?

Me - Absolutely nothing, blah blah blah, stealing is wrong

Interviewer - What if you HAD to steal something?

Me - I just wouldn't do it, simple as that

Interviewer - Ok, you have no choice, you have to take something)

Me - (At this point I realize he isn't going to give up) I guess I'd just take a big screen tv

Interviewer - Oh yeah? Why?

Me - I could use one for my dorm room

Interviewer - Ohh..

Me - (God damnit are you ******ed? Now you just sound like some punk who wants to jack a tv for his dorm! :scared:) I guess that was the wrong answer huh?

Interviewer - Yeah I think so...

Damn I hope medical school interviews aren't like this! Do they repeatedly ask you the same question if they don't like the answer you gave? I really didn't mean I'd 'steal' anything, I just meant that was what I liked the most from there. Sorry this isn't a med school interview.. just wanted to share how I'm like in nerve-wracking interviews 🙁
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If they asked me that, I'd say:

"your hearts" with a wink and the finger
 
ryserr21 said:
this is one of the funniest interview stories i've heard...

interviewer: what are your weaknesses?

applicant: hmmmmm..... im not sure. do u watch the office?

interviewer... no i dont (should have taken that as a hint to stop)

applicant: in an interview michael scott said his weakness were that he was too caring, cared too much. i guess i can kind of relate, well...im not thaaaat caring...i mean i care...i'm just not "too" caring....um... i dunno. i guess i should floss more often. my dentis says if i do then my gums wont bleed as much

interviewer: .......
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Hahaha...that is a great office scene btw. Because they always tell you to take a weakness and turn it into a strength...
 
So, here's one of mine.
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Interviewer: "So, what's your top choice school? If you had a magic wand and could go anywhere, where would you go?"
Me, thinking to myself: ...not this one.
Me: "Could I really pick anywhere?"
Interviewer: "Yup. It's a magic wand."
Me: "I'd like to go somewhere in England... but kind of secluded... more progressive than the US, but not quite like the UK health care system. I like the US medical education system, just not the US health care system! Um... if you've read the Harry Potter books... I like Hogwarts, the school in the books. I think that, if Hogwarts had a medical school, it would be my top choice."
Interviewer (clearly bewildered): "Okay... that's interesting... so what do you do for fun?"
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The rest of the interview was fine. I swear that I was more eloquent and logical at my other interviews!
 
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-ass'; 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
 
BlondeDocteur said:
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-ass'; 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
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Wow, talk about full of themselves.
 
BlondeDocteur said:
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-ass'; 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
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Did you end up at another top tier school???
 
(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.
 
BlondeDocteur said:
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-ass'; 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."
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Are you serious about what you said? I suspect you may have been rejected because they thought the answer was less than honest. Here's why: The Marshall interviews first, usually a week (sometimes more) before the Rhodes and announces winners shortly after the interviews. But it gives you until after the Rhodes interviews/selection (they happen together) to accept or reject the Rhodes. So, essentially, a Rhodes interview, after a Marshall win, is a freebee. And many would say a Rhodes win is more valuable in one's career.

So the interviewer probably thought you were not offered a Rhodes, but would not admit it.
 
Interviewer: I sometimes work in forensic medicine. More specifically, I work with children's bodies that have been murdered by their parents.
Me: That must be really emotionally draining.
Interviewer: Indeed it is. But I can't say no when they come to ask me for my expert advice at courts. So I end up doing these real tough cases.
Me: Sounds like you have a weakness...*and my voice falters as i realize what i just said!!!!*
Interviewer: *gives me this weird look*
Me:....you can't say no, that is.
Interviewer: yes, but how can you say no to this?
Me: oh of course I am the same way. I can relate to that. *and im thinking STOP digging a deeper hole for yourself*
 
I was interviewing with the Dean of Admissions at a very Catholic school.

Him: So what do you do for fun?

Me: *talks about stuff*...I also like to read non-fiction. I'm really into Richard Dawkins, and am reading a few of his books right now.

Him: What are some of his books?

Me: Oh, you know, the Selfish Gene, the God Delusion, stuff like that.

Him: Oh...the God Delusion. That's the book that made my son stop going to church.

Me: Ah, interesting. *continues to talk*

I'm already into a school I love, but went to this interview anyway (already scheduled, MD-PhD so they payed for it).

*edited for wider audience*
 
Inuranic said:
I was interviewing with the Dean of Admissions at a very Catholic school.

Him: So what do you do for fun?

Me: *talks about stuff*...I also like to read non-fiction. I'm really into Richard Dawkins, and am reading a few of his books right now.

Him: What are some of his books?

Me: Oh, you know, the Selfish Gene, the God Delusion, stuff like that.

Him: Oh...the God Delusion. That's the book that made my son stop going to church.

Me: Ah, interesting. *continues to talk* *happy someone stopped going to church*

I'm already into a school I love, but went to this interview anyway (already scheduled, MD-PhD so they payed for it). Any school that takes issue with me over imaginary friends is not my kind of institution anyway.
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:laugh: :laugh:
 
vin5cent0 said:
This thread delivers! :laugh: :laugh:

The sad thing is I'll probably do all of these things if I decide to pursue this field. I get so god damn nervous at interviews... not that this one is what the thread was looking for, but this summer I was applying at Best Buy for a summer job so I could get a nice discount on accessorizing my dorm 🙂rolleyes🙂 and one of the questions went like this..

Interviewer - (starts off talking about theft and what I would do to prevent it / report it, and then goes on to this question) So if you had to steal something from here, what would it be?

Me - Absolutely nothing, blah blah blah, stealing is wrong

Interviewer - What if you HAD to steal something?

Me - I just wouldn't do it, simple as that

Interviewer - Ok, you have no choice, you have to take something)

Me - (At this point I realize he isn't going to give up) I guess I'd just take a big screen tv

Interviewer - Oh yeah? Why?

Me - I could use one for my dorm room

Interviewer - Ohh..

Me - (God damnit are you ******ed? Now you just sound like some punk who wants to jack a tv for his dorm! :scared:) I guess that was the wrong answer huh?

Interviewer - Yeah I think so...

Damn I hope medical school interviews aren't like this! Do they repeatedly ask you the same question if they don't like the answer you gave? I really didn't mean I'd 'steal' anything, I just meant that was what I liked the most from there. Sorry this isn't a med school interview.. just wanted to share how I'm like in nerve-wracking interviews 🙁
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I think you were tricked into giving that guy the answer he wanted to hear. Because honestly who would continually ask that kind of stupid question. That's the dumbest thing I've heard. I have to say though this does truly beat all the rest of the worst interview posts on here.
 
Interviewer: if you go forward and backwards in time what would you choose and why?

Me: um..um....I would go forward in time

Interviewer: why

Me: you know, I really want to see how long humans last. Every species reaches an endpoint level ..blah blah f***in blah....and the direction we are going, I don't think we will last much longer (don't know what the hell I was thinking)
 
dizzyorange said:
(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
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:laugh::laugh::laugh: 👍

You win this thread my friend, that is by far the funniest/dumbest thing anyone had said.
 
Inuranic said:
I was interviewing with the Dean of Admissions at a very Catholic school.

Him: So what do you do for fun?

Me: *talks about stuff*...I also like to read non-fiction. I'm really into Richard Dawkins, and am reading a few of his books right now.

Him: What are some of his books?

Me: Oh, you know, the Selfish Gene, the God Delusion, stuff like that.

Him: Oh...the God Delusion. That's the book that made my son stop going to church.

Me: Ah, interesting. *continues to talk* *happy someone stopped going to church*

I'm already into a school I love, but went to this interview anyway (already scheduled, MD-PhD so they payed for it). Any school that takes issue with me over imaginary friends is not my kind of institution anyway.
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Yeah, not sure religion-bashing is an appropriate thing for this sort of public forum.
 
DrVln said:
Interviewer: What do you think about childhood obesity?
Me: Do you mean, am I for it or against it?
Interviewer: [laughs]
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lol! thats hilarious! :laugh:
 
haha, I first read it about the interviewer asking about your childhood obesity, it took me a second to realize I read it worng, it was very funny both ways, lol

Cheers
Piyush

DrVln said:
Interviewer: What do you think about childhood obesity?
Me: Do you mean, am I for it or against it?
Interviewer: [laughs]
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sooo hope I have this experience, I could talk about football all day!
 
Not really a bad interview answer, but more of an awkward moment haha:

Interviewer: So what do you like least about this school?
Me: I would say the suburban environment, since I'm more used to going to school in a big city.
Interviewer: Ok, any questions for me?
Me: What do you like best about this school?
Interviewer: The suburban environment.

uhh..awkward. the result though: accepted 😉
 
Interviewing for a lab...

researcher: so I see you worked with Dr. Smith?
me: oh that wasn't a real research job all I did there was take pictures of insects.
researcher: bewildered look and laughs
*foot in mouth* i was really nervous

another one:
interviewer: what is your greatest weakness
me: i can have a tough time making decisions, especially when i can see an equal list of pros and cons blahbalh
interviewer: what was the last hardest decision you had to make?
me: what to wear today
interviewer: ...seriously?
me: well i meant like...a simple decision like that comes up very often blah blah don't know if i got out of that one
 
Interviewer: What do you like most about our school?
Me: Well, I'm a low maintenance person...I like anything.
 
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