 Medical
School Interviews-Below
are actual statements from SU students concerning their interviews
January, 2012
I just wanted to let you know that yesterday
I attended my interview for PCOM! I feel that it
went well and am eagerly awaiting my decision
letter.
I didn't know if it would be at all helpful for
future interviews and practice, if I jotted down
the questions they asked. I really enjoyed how
thoughtful and applicable the questions seemed
and didn't have any difficulty with them, but a
couple of them I hadn't considered before the
interview. I don't know if it will be of any
use, but if it is--great! If not, just ignore
this email!
1. Why do you want to be in medicine/why now?
2. Why specifically a physician, instead of
another application of clinical medicine like
nursing/pa/etc.
3. Why DO, not MD?
4. Why PCOM?
5. How do you recognize when you are
overwhelmed/stressed/in over your head and need
to ask for help? And what do you do to handle
it?
6. In every change/transition, there is a hurdle
to be overcome--what do you foresee your hurdle
will be in transitioning to medical school and
how will you handle it?
7. If a friend were to describe you, in a
sentence, what would they say? Ditto for an
enemy.
8. As a non-traditional student, do you feel you
have more difficulty relating to classmates?
They also asked me how many schools I applied
to, how I prepared for the MCAT's, what I will
do if I get rejected and then to expand on a few
specific things on my application.
Anyway! Most of these are pretty basic and
expected, but a couple of them I thought might b
e helpful to incorporate into the practice
round.
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