How did the interview impress you?
| Response | #Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 37 |
| Negatively | 3 |
| No change | 10 |
What was the stress level of the interview?
| ResponseAvg | #Responders |
|---|---|
| 4.08 | 50 |
0 = low, 10 = high
How you think you did?
| ResponseAvg | #Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.70 | 33 |
0 = low, 10 = high
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
"Be like every other medical school, show some respect for applicants and actually take the time to interview them. The pre-recorded interview defeats the entire purpose of an interview."More from this Member| Report Response
"They did a great job making it an enjoyable day"More from this Member| Report Response
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?
"What made you want to do medicine?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What are 2 things that draw you toward NEOMED, and 2 things that give you pause about attending medical school here?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Who is a role model in your life/guidance to get you to where you are and want to do this?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"How would your friends describe you? Your supervisors/professors?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Why NEOMED?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What would you do to fix the current healthcare system?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What frightens you most about medical school? Excites you?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"where do you see yourself in 10 years"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"If you could have dinner with one person alive or dead, who would it be and why?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"If you do not get into medical school, what other careers, options would you pursue?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What is your biggest disappointment, and what are you most proud of?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Why NEOUCOM? Why do you want to be a doctor?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"How would you describe your method of thinking?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Why do you want to be a doctor? Where do you see yourself 10 years from now? "More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"The two I already listed were the two questions that had nothing to do with my file."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What personal experiences have made you want to become a doctor?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What do you think of providing care to patients with no insurance?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"How do you relax?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Why NEOUCOM? Have you considered a specialty and why? What do you hope to get out of being a physician? Where do you intend to practice? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? "More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Tell us about your research."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Name your strengths and weaknesses."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What do you think will be a major problem in medicine in the future?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Sice when have you wanted to be a doctor and what made you decide on this profession?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"They asked specific questions about my college and grad school experiences."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Tell me about your research."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What grade are you most proud of, not necessarily an a A, but the one you feel you really earned?-what non-science class would you reccomend to me"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What influenced your decision to want to become a physician?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What was the best and worst day of your life?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Tell me about yourself"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Tell us about your research work at the NIH"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What is your biggest failure?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"How would your friends describe you?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"How do you handle stress?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Give me two strengths and two weaknesses"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Why this school?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What would you do if you didn't get accepted to medical school?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
What was the most interesting question?
"They asked about my hobbies that were in my application (like dance and rock climbing)"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What was the last non-science/non-academic book you read?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Do you like to read? What was the last book you read for fun?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"who is your role model and why"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What do you believe will be your legacy?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Provide an example of an ethical dilemma and how you overcame it."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"All of my questions were straightforward. No curve balls."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Are you the type of person who can say no? Also, are you in medicine for the money?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"How would you describe your method of thinking?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Name one time where you might have been unfairly misrepresented?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"If a student had the questions to one of my tests, would you look at it?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"You fellow M4 comes in to the clinic smelling like alcohol, what do you do?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"I wasn't asked any interesting questions. They did ask what my personal strengths and weaknesses were."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Hypothetical question: if someone had the first biochemistry exam during your first year, would you look at it? "More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"If a classmate during your first year here approached you with a copy of your upcoming Biochem exam, what would you do?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Would you be willing to extra classes if we felt you were deficient in a particular area? (Biochemistry) What happened during your sophom*ore year? (1995?)"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"With all your involvement in under-grad. extra-curriculars, how will you balance your time while in medical school."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What are you strengths and weaknesses?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"You are in the ER, and a patient comes in with bad stomach pains. What do you do?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"If a patient has teminal cancer, is in a lot of pain, and increasing his morphine dose would kill him, what would you do? "More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"I was mostly asked about my college and grad school experience. One of the other students was asked about pelvic exams in patients under anesthesia."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What class would you recommend to another student (outside of pre-med/science classes)?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"How does an outdoorsman like yourself get a "C" in Ecology?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"If you dont get into medical school, what will you do?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Why are you interested in our school?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"What classes would you recommend to an undecided freshman to take at your school?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"After doing all the other things you have in medicine, why do you want to be a doctor now?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Do you plan to return to your native country to practice? (I think I can do more for my people here... and there mission statement mentions that they want to graduate students to serve northeast Ohio... so be sure to try to emphasize you plan to stay there."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"In your corporate experience, how would you say dishonesty differs in the corporate environment vs. healthcare? Are the consequences different?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"If you were a cell, what cell would you be?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Describe your relationship with your sister. (???? I was not expecting questions about family members)"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"I'm a college baseball player. They asked, "If the Indians offered to draft you this spring, would you go?""More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"If you discovered that one of your classmates was cheating on an exam what would you do?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"none"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"Why would you want to change from a business man who gets to travel the world to a "schlub" of a first year medical student?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
"One of the interviewers placed his hand on the table and said, "OK, imagine this is your first day of medical school and your anatomy professor calls you down & asks you to describe this hand to the class for 3 minutes. You may begin NOW!""More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too
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