University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

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How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What are your general comments?

Easy interviews. Spent the for 3 hours in the morning in "lectures" (video tour of new med. school, dean's speech, fin. aid speech, etc). Then interview, then lunch, then short tour of anatomy labs, then second interview. Lots of waiting around.

Interview questions they asked

Why UW?

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What was the most interesting question?

I just put you in charge of solving America's health care problem. What are you going to do?

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What was the most difficult question?

Why not dentistry, it utilizes science, and allows you to work with people?

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How did you prepare for the interview?

Looked over my experiences, planned out questions before hand that I wanted to ask interviewers.

What impressed you positively?

The new building. Both interviews were simply conversations. No real "questions".

What impressed you negatively?

Lots of waiting around (for next interview, for lunch, etc)

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

You are graded on 7 subject areas (motivation, knowledge of career, people skills, knoledge of american health care, etc.) and the interviewers rate you on a scale of 1-7 for each subject area. So make sure you hit all the subject areas! (both of my interviewers showed me the sheet beforehand)