Sure, Hennepin's got a big, fancy name. Just say "Hennepin" aloud in a crowded room of EM applicants and people get goose bumps. Some of the girls get wet.
My interview day at Hennepin? After making the long flight out from my West Coast med school, I was interviewed by three people who HAVE ZERO STANDING in the residency program.
PD? "Sorry, pal, you don't get to meet him." Associate PDs (there are two at Hennepin)? "Sorry, pal, they're not interviewing today, either." So who do I get to meet? "Three nobodies, essentially."
One of my three interviewers, a man more interested in stuffing his face with cupcakes - and getting the cream smeared on his face (do you tell your interviewer to wipe the cream off his face or do you just try to avoid staring at it throughout?) - responded to one of my questions this way: "I really couldn't tell ya. I'm not in contact with the PD or the associate PDs. I don't know much about the residency program. I just work in the ED." He responded to the rest of my questions, of varied origin, with a shrug and a "Sorry, don't know anything about that, you'll have to talk to the PD," - who isn't here today!
Sweet.
Another of my interviewers spent the first five minutes of the interview asking illegal questions. He asked me my ethnicity (am I black? white? or mixed?), then asked about my marital status. He then asked why my last romantic relationship ended. Translation: are you a sh*tty lover?
This same interviewer then badgered me about my credentials. Did I really think I was qualified enough to interview at Hennepin? "As I'm sure you're aware, we can fill our entire class with AOA students if we want." As I'm sure you're aware, I can fill your entire a$$ with my foot if I want.
Listen, buddy, you frickin' invited me here. Obviously someone in your program thinks I'm qualified enough to get this far. If not, then would you like to reimburse me for my travel expenses from California? It's not as if I just happened to be in the area.
To top it off, the program coordinator herself was not present the day I interviewed. She had the day off, so a secretary-in-training filled in. She was totally clueless, and spilled coffee on one of the applicants (not me, thankfully).
Was this Hennepin's way of saying, "We really REALLY don't like you. Will you please take a hint?" If so, I would have preferred a rejection letter instead of an interview.
The upshot: Hennepin sucks. HARD. Arrogant, disorganized, very rude, not interested in selling themselves because they think they're all that.
Peace and love,
hornet OUT
My interview day at Hennepin? After making the long flight out from my West Coast med school, I was interviewed by three people who HAVE ZERO STANDING in the residency program.
PD? "Sorry, pal, you don't get to meet him." Associate PDs (there are two at Hennepin)? "Sorry, pal, they're not interviewing today, either." So who do I get to meet? "Three nobodies, essentially."
One of my three interviewers, a man more interested in stuffing his face with cupcakes - and getting the cream smeared on his face (do you tell your interviewer to wipe the cream off his face or do you just try to avoid staring at it throughout?) - responded to one of my questions this way: "I really couldn't tell ya. I'm not in contact with the PD or the associate PDs. I don't know much about the residency program. I just work in the ED." He responded to the rest of my questions, of varied origin, with a shrug and a "Sorry, don't know anything about that, you'll have to talk to the PD," - who isn't here today!
Sweet.
Another of my interviewers spent the first five minutes of the interview asking illegal questions. He asked me my ethnicity (am I black? white? or mixed?), then asked about my marital status. He then asked why my last romantic relationship ended. Translation: are you a sh*tty lover?
This same interviewer then badgered me about my credentials. Did I really think I was qualified enough to interview at Hennepin? "As I'm sure you're aware, we can fill our entire class with AOA students if we want." As I'm sure you're aware, I can fill your entire a$$ with my foot if I want.
Listen, buddy, you frickin' invited me here. Obviously someone in your program thinks I'm qualified enough to get this far. If not, then would you like to reimburse me for my travel expenses from California? It's not as if I just happened to be in the area.
To top it off, the program coordinator herself was not present the day I interviewed. She had the day off, so a secretary-in-training filled in. She was totally clueless, and spilled coffee on one of the applicants (not me, thankfully).
Was this Hennepin's way of saying, "We really REALLY don't like you. Will you please take a hint?" If so, I would have preferred a rejection letter instead of an interview.
The upshot: Hennepin sucks. HARD. Arrogant, disorganized, very rude, not interested in selling themselves because they think they're all that.
Peace and love,
hornet OUT