Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

🙂

How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

6 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

How you think you did?

7 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

10 / 10

0 = Below, 10 = Above

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

10 / 10

0 = Below, 10 = Above

What are your general comments?

I had two faculty interviews. The first went sort-of blah, I didn't really feel like I made a connection with the interviewer and he kept pressing me to go further on a lot of answers that were already fairly detailed. The second interview, which was observed by a new student member of the adcom, went very well. Cindy and Jane in the admissions office are fantastic. Everyone I met was warm and friendly and clearly in love with Mayo -- and I can see why they are. They aren't kidding when they tell you to wear comfortable shoes... the place is huge (and drop-dead gorgeous)!!

Interview questions they asked

Why Mayo?

I was asked this too

What was the most interesting question?

What do you see as the biggest problem in health care and how would you fix it?

I was asked this too

What was the most difficult question?

Tell me about yourself (and then when I finished my spiel, the interviewer said, "And???" so I went on some more and again he said, "And???" This went on for five minutes or so and was rather uncomfortable.

I was asked this too

How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN, practiced answering questions w/ boyfriend, school website

What impressed you positively?

Mayo's amazing facilities and staff. The abundant funding for research options and international rotations. Board pass rates and match list.

What impressed you negatively?

The student facilities seemed a little small, but I have to keep reminding myself that there's only 42 of them in each class!

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Nothing, really.

What is your ranking of this school's location?

8 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

8 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great