Oregon Health & Sciences University School of Medicine

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How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What are your general comments?

My first interview was easy, alot of questions about my personality, I felt like he was trying to see if I would have good bedside manner. The second interview was long and arduous. Very interesting and difficult questions about policy and the politics behind the healthcare industry.

Interview questions they asked

So why do you want to be a doctor?

I was asked this too

What was the most interesting question?

Physicians today have reported less satisfaction in their profession than a decade ago, why do you think this is? What external factors would you guess are responsible for this?

I was asked this too

What was the most difficult question?

There are millions of uninsured people in our country, how as a physician would you help them on a personal level? How as a member of the medical community would you help them on a policy level?

I was asked this too

How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN, did alot of thinking

What impressed you positively?

Great school, great faculty, beautiful campus

What impressed you negatively?

The average age of the first year class tends to be older, around 26. Being a graduating senior, I was the youngest in the interview group by 3 years. I felt out of place when we met other students.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

There is a 6 week required rural clerkship where you actuallly live in a small town of the schools choice, and this town could be 8 hours from portland.