Common Interview Questions

Interview season is in full swing. Some of you already have an invite or two, and a lot more will go out between now and the end of November.

When I prep students for interviews, the questions that cause the most stress are usually the ones they already know are coming: Tell me about yourself. Why medicine? What’s your biggest weakness? Everyone expects them, and that pressure tends to lead to overthinking and overstuffed answers.

In this video, I go through the most common medical school interview questions one at a time and how I’d structure each answer. A few things I get into:

• Why leaning on a story can actually weaken your “why medicine?” answer
• Why “why our school?” is more about you than it is about the school
• What to do when you’re asked about the biggest problem in healthcare and you feel too early in your path to have a good answer

Worth a watch before your next interview! Watch here:

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