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I think it's generally better to just be prepared for broad categories of questions rather than hundreds of specific ones. If you prepare too much, your answers will seem canned, and if you get a tough question, you're supposed to be able to demonstrate that you can think on your feet anyway. I may change my views if I hit a hard interview, but so far I've been fine just being able to talk about things I've done (and therefore don't need extra preparation to answer adequately).
 
chrissy,
read the interview feedback on this site, do searches for the schools you are interviewing at, and save your money for something else
do some mock inerviews, know your apps forward and backward and u will be fine

just my opinion
 
I have a Princeton Review book that has all the interview questions that I have seen posted on this site, but like someone said before me, don't sweat it....remeber they are interviewing you because they like YOU. so just be YOU.
 
I would just save your money and read the interview feedback on this site and get answers set in your mind for the common questions like why medicine, why our school, strengths/weaknesses, etc. After you do a few interviews you'll realize most of the questions are similar and you can build off the basic answers you have prepared for other variations of the questions, ie what will you bring to the class. You'll be fine at most interviews with that preparation and if a question is really random or tough, you'll have to answer on the spot anyway.
 
what scares me more is that you actually did a search for interview feedback on ebay.
 
what even weirder is that you have 379 posts!
 
please dont buy that.

i can seriously call that a waste of money.

you can get way more information for every school you want on sdn's interview feedback and by asking the people here specifics about a particular school...something im sure that book can not.

ill repeat what others have said...review interview feeback, go over the school's website (mission, curriculum etc...), why you want to attend that school and your own application and you should be golden.

without buying anything you should know basics on health care, ethics and just current affairs in general as well.
 
What's interesting is that the seller's sources appear to be publicly available, including from studentdoctor.net. What you're paying for is someone's labor in collecting and, presumably, organizing the questions. For a few dollars it might be worth your time if you'd rather not surf the various sites directly. It's like anything else; how much is your time worth to you?

It might be a worthwhile purchase, but as others wiser than I have said in this forum, canned interview questions might get you in trouble if you rely on them too heavily.
 
To the OP:
Are you the one who compiled this list and you're now doing a little advertisment for your product? 😉

If not, apologies for being a suspicious of your intentions.
 
Hi. No actually my friend purchased this last week, but hasn't started reading them cuz there are so many questions. I was thinking of buying because I dont have the time to read all the posts myself. The seller claims to have collected all questions from interviewfeedback.com and studentdoctor.net posted on the interview feedback forum.

I think it would do me good because I can get a better scope of what questions they ask. Interview books just ask the basics without really probing questions. To me, its a good idea to have a comprehensive breadth of questions out there, not so you can conjure great answers, but so that you can think about issues at hand and not have to panic during the interview.

I am still unsure whether I will buy or not, or even worth it ($20???). Its kinda difficult to get a solid opinion when there are so many super-competitive applicants out there (although other people are genuine).
 
To the OP:

If your friend has already purchased the package, why not split the cost and share it? Since the questions are all taken from public sources, it's not copyrighted.
 
He said there is a password-protection on the file. The password contains some of his personal info, and doesnt want to share. He doesnt know how to change the pass🙁

Good idea otherwise!:laugh:
 
Could he print it out and just give you a copy of the pages of questions wihtout his personal info?
 
Who cares? Everyone knows the basic questions. We know what they want to hear and for most of the questions that just want to know that you can think intelligently.

I wouldn't even waste my time. I haven't for any interview. I just go in and let ride. It's not that difficult.
 
I can't believe someone is repacking the info on interview feedback and selling it on ebay. What a scam. It's like when people try to sell you copies of "The Onion."

Why on earth wouldn't you just use Interview Feedback? It's a rocking site. Plus, in the end, interviewers can ask you nearly anything they want anyway. You need to pay money to learn that??
 
What a ripoff.

By doing a little work, you can get all this for free.
besides...
While it is good to get a feel for the types of interview questions you may face, I think it's a bad idea to "can" all of your answers beforehand.
 
so OP...

its obvious. if you wanted to be a respected member of the sdn/premed community...don't waste your money on that. 😀
 
I think it is absolutely a ridiculous idea. A lot of times if you prepare yourself, you begin giving off a false pretense as a result of continued rehearsal of the quesitons which for all we know may be asked or may even more likely not be asked .....as more interviewers focus on your application and ask individual questions that are not accumulated in that fancy book. I just say be yourself and be honest. Best of all, practice your communication and interactive skills.....perhaps by taking turns with a premed friend to be the interviewer and the interviewee (going over your apps and some common questions that can be found on this website). This way it gives you a great perspective on both sides and at the same time you can analyze the weaknesses and strengths of your app and your interviewing skills. Over-rehearsal and such preparation is the absolute wrong thing to do in my opinion. Just think about it......let's say you rehearsed some answer to the question "what is your biggest weakness". I guarantee you that during the interview, if you have rehearsed, you will more likely try and refer back to your memory bank for that perfect answer that you came up with that more than likely is embellished not because you intended to but simply as a consequence of rehearsal. But the problem is you are anxious and more than likely, your memory bank is at least partially off limits......then you are left stuttering and stumbling upon a simple question that you could have honestly and easily answered otherwise. I hope this dramatic scenario helps !! I suggest spend that money on drinks not that stupid book.
 
Besides all of the above good advice, what are you going to do? Memorize 300 or so answers?

I think this is a bad idea; adcoms want to know about you, not some canned, rehearshed answer that they have heard a 1000 times. If you start answering like everyone else (and eventually the questions will all blend together), how will you be showing them your individuality, your uniqueness, that "something" that sets you apart from all the other candidates?

You don't want to get as far as an interview and then draw a complete blank because your answers are rehearshed and memorized.

Just be you....I'm hoping in the end that works out pretty well.😉
 
Thanks for the replies... its been good advice.

On one hand canned answers are the bad way to go.

On the other, its a good way to get you thinking.

Good luck in your interviews
 
HAHAHA DUDE SOMEONE BOUGHT IT w/ BUY IT NOW!
 
even worse, someone actually bought it.
(and no it wasn't me)
 
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