Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

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How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

4 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

How you think you did?

7 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

What are your general comments?

Overall, it was a very enjoyable experience. There were 2 interviews a physician admission committee member was awesome and an M4 student. We received a lot of individual attention that made me feel like they really cared about me personally.

Interview questions they asked

Asked about my research and volunteer work. Asked about my recommendation letters.

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What was the most interesting question?

Do I feel McDonald's should be held responsible for our overweight society? If I was a car what color would I be?

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What was the most difficult question?

Explain my research work in non-scientific terms.

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How did you prepare for the interview?

SND. The Mayo web-site. My application and personal statement.

What impressed you positively?

The fact that they cared enough about us to interview only 2 students at a time vs a large group of students. That we met for a long period of tiem with the Dean of Admissions. The faculty and staff were all so cool and nice. The faculty and staff knew all the students. I was allowed to observe the anatomy disection lab. I loved the faculty member that I interviewed with. I felt like we could have talked all day.

What impressed you negatively?

The student interview was somewhat dry with very standardized questions. He was late and hardly looked over my file and my qualifications that I was most proud of instead he asked me political questions and spent forever explaining my research work in common terms. They were good questions I have never had before, but I don't feel he got to know me to the same extent as the physician interviewer.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Nothing