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Do you plan to continue your hobbies through medical
school?
If you had one day to do anything, what would you do?
What was the last book you read? What did you think about it? Would you
recommend that I read it? The last movie you saw? What did you think of
it?
What was the last medical book that you read/studied? If you have not
studied one, don't lie. But usually, everyone has looked at medical
books when someone in the family has been sick. One good book that I had
used in undergrad was the Merck manual which discusses most common
illnesses.
Which classes did you enjoy most? Why? --talk with great enthusiasm when
you are talking about things you like in general. Make sure that your
enthusiasm is at its highest when you talk about medicine!
How would your friends describe your personality? --AKA, what are your
strengths?
If you were stranded in an island, what three books would you want to
have with you and why? --think of practical books or possibly spiritual
ones. You want to maximize your chance of survival in the island. For
example, would you want to know which plants were poisonous?
What are your strengths and weaknesses? What would you change about
yourself?
Is there something about you that would make it difficult to get along
with you? What type of people do you get along with well? --good
physicians have to be able to work with all types of personalities
throughout their training. As residents, you need to depend on other
residents to get many tasks accomplished. As surgeons, you depend on
your scrub nurse and assistants. In general, you like to convey that you
get along with most people well. To show that you are hardworking
(hopefully one of your pre-planned strong points), you may discuss that
working with people that do not give their best effort may be difficult.
You should, however, add that you have been successful in working with
these types of people (by putting forth more effort on your side)! This
is what I honestly felt when I was asked this question; think of
something similar for yourself.
Describe the most exciting (scary, unusual, etc.) event of your life?
What do you think will be the most difficult aspect of medical school?
--don't come up with multiple answers which would convince the
interviewer that you would have a tough time in medical school. State
the obvious like the need for increased studying; you may want to add
that you can handle this sudden increase in your workload based on some
previous quarter or semester in which you took 5000 units, etc!
Why did you do so poorly in bio 191? --this is a good opportunity to
defend or explain bad grades, etc. Use it to your advantage; think about
what you will discuss very carefully. You may even want to bring up this
subject when you are asked "do you have any more questions?".
Imagine that you find a lamp that gives you three wishes? What would
they be?
What qualities would you look for in a doctor? --think of all your
strength and stress the importance of possessing them as a doctor! You
need to remind the interviewer that you possess all these strengths.
What qualities would you look for in your patients?
If you could be any animal/body organ/cell, what would you be and why?
Who do you admire the most in your life? If you could chose one figure
in history to have dinner with, who would it be? --family members (like
your dad) would be an easy way to go. Describing his good qualities and
comparing them to your own qualities is yet another opportunity to sell
yourself. Use these opportunities as the interviewer may not ask you
about your strengths and weaknesses.
Have you always put forth your best effort in every situation? --you
need to balance being modest with guaranteeing that you will do your
best at all times in medical school.
Tell me about something that you know a lot about? --this could be a
hobby or anything you feel like you are an expert in. You can discuss
making a web page for children with cerebral palsy. Don't forget that
you want to be concise. Talk for a few minutes and pause to see the
interviewer's reaction (this holds true for all the answers!)
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