Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

How you think you did?

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How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

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

No responses

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

As a group, select and present 3-5 issues facing the health care system today.

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What do you think are obstacles to you being a med student or being a physician? (Eg. Motivation)

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When you walk into your house, what magazines are on the coffee table? What CD's are on the CD player?

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What was the most interesting question?

How would you convince a teenager to stop smoking? (Try to act as a counsellor)

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What was the most difficult question?

Imagine that you're a successful student at med school and the student newspaper want you to write an article. What would you write? It doesn't have to be medicine-related

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

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Where did the interview take place?

At the school

📍 On-Site Experience ▼

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tour guide seem?

No responses

How do you rank the facilities?

No responses

What is your in-state status?

No responses

What were your total hours spent traveling?

No responses

What was your primary mode of travel?

No responses

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

No responses

What airport did you fly into?

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Where did you stay?

No responses

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No responses

How would you rate the hotel?

No responses

Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

What is your ranking of this school's location?

No responses

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

No responses

What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses

✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

Secondary/Primary essays (But these are not important as group interview is closed-file). List of typical interview questions

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What impressed you positively?

The school does respond to student feedback. The urban setting of the school. The ability to finish MD/MPH in 4 years and the ethnically diverse patient population.

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What impressed you negatively?

The dorms (Lake Shore Center), I know a first year med student who already wanna move out. Also the food at the dorm cafeteria, I was forced to have super over-cooked Salmon for dinner.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Snowing itself is not bad, the worst part is the wind. The school's emphasis on Problem-based learning is even more than I expected.

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What are your general comments?

Northwestern's interview questions are rather different from other schools. Even this was my 9th interview, I still got stuck at some questions. However, they seem to recycle questions, as my group was asked a couple of questions that I found on SDN interview feedback.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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