The Hardest Interview Question

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>ohman my hardest question ever: tell me something you dont think came through on your application.</p>

<p>me: nothing, actually, because my essays kicked serious college butt.</p>

<p>what i REALLY said was: "i'm pretty normal girl even though i'm so into my ecs. i like reading celebrity gossip and talkign about the oc...but wait i think i wrote...yeah, i wrote something about that too."
interviewer: ohmygod! what about that britney spears stuff WHAT is going on there?!?!</p>

<p>hahahaha he got really excited to talk about britney spears.</p>

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<p>haha woah, weird, what place was that at?!?! haha, i totally bashed britney and anna nicole news on my last interview.... haha and the person was so with me... lol</p>

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<p>did you guys have relatively young interviewers? i can't imagine a guy 50 years old saying that.</p>

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<p>actually that was for my harvard interviewer; he was 41. the other interviewers for ivies were in their late 40s and late 50s. </p>

<p>the interviews ive had for progs have had people in their 40s and 50s.</p>

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<p>Haha the guy I had for my Harvard interview was pretty old - not to mention stiff, but nice all the same. So far I've had pretty good experiences with interviews. I find them to be more open ended that allow you to speak - and if you're like me, and you have a lot to say about things - you will do fine.</p>

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<p>how long do u have to answer the questions ask?</p>

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<p>i had one full-scholarship interview so far and i would say you can take as long as you want, but it will be awkward if you don't answer after a while. there was one question that i did not prepare for and i tried to delay answering by saying "humm that's an interesting question." i would say a 20 sec pause is the most they can wait. oh the question they asked me was "describe your perfect day."</p>

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<p>@sakuragirl - I would have gone to town with that question... :)</p>

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<p>Did they ask you guys nothing about the current state of healthcare in the US (managed care, malpractice, dealing with the uninsured, rising healthcare costs, etc.)? I figure if they're going to lock a high schooler into a career path, they would at least expect the student to know what they're getting into.</p>

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<p>yeah i'm surprised that no one mentioned that either. a lot of the med questions i researched involved discussion about healthcare.</p>

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<p>i haven't gotten asked specifically about health care, but one of my essays was on health care, so my interview just asked me to elaborate on it.</p>

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<p>It was pretty scary realizing that I couldn't BS my way through an interview with a real doctor...the man went to brown undergrad and UPenn for medical school...intimidating!
I go to a medically oriented high school and I'm a certified EMT, so I thought I'd be ok, but I had some close calls.
I think it still went ok, though.</p>

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<p>ahh>< interview tomorrow! i'm kind of nervous, hopefully it will go well xD</p>