How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.25 | 12 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 10 |
| Negatively | 1 |
| No change | 1 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.08 | 12 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.92 | 12 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.00 | 12 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 9 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 0 |
| 25 minutes | 0 |
| 30 minutes | 4 |
| 35 minutes | 3 |
| 40 minutes | 2 |
| 45 minutes | 2 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 2 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 8 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 11 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 9 |
| Closed file | 2 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.25 | 12 |
"Tell me about yourself"
"What does it mean to be a leader?"
"What would you do if a doctor showed up to work with alcohol on their breath?"
"Why do you want to attend Noorda? Why osteopathic medicine?"
"What do you think of moving to a single payer system?"
""US healthcare system question""
"US healthcare policy question and many follow ups in debate style"
"Why medicine, and why specify this school?"
"Tell me about a time when you had a disagreement with a group?"
"What was a failure you had when working on a team?"
"What would you say to someone who did not want to get vaccinated or wear a mask for health reasons?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor and not another healthcare provider?"
"(questions about my application) - "apart from xxx what else do you like to do to maintain mental health and wellness?""
"questioning/pushing back on my reason for going into medicine"
"Tell me when you worked with a team and you were successful and a time you failed in a team."
"Is it ever ethical to lie to a patient? For example... then they gave a scenario"
"Tell me about a time when you had a conflict or disagreement"
"What is a strength you have?"
"Tell me about a time you worked with a group and things didn't go well?"
"how would others describe you"
"softball question from secondary"
"Last 30 seconds together, why should we accept you?"
"What do you think of the US moving to universal healthcare?"
"An ethical question where I had to defend my stance- what would you do if you caught a friend cheating on a test?"
"Medical ethics questions"
"the debating"
"BeMo Mocks and research of the school"
"Mock interviews, Dr. Gray Interview book"
"Practice questions, mock interviews"
"Researching school, mock interviews."
"watched all the faculty videos on FB and took notes, many mock interviews, reviewed my application for potential questions, worked through the questions from the 'Premed Playbook by Dr. Ryan Gray'"
"practicing about 30 questions taken from lists from the internet about 20 times over 2 weeks, filming myself, etc."
"Their thorough review of my previous research experience and my interest in continuing scientific research"
"the staff and passion of the faculty"
"Just how conversational the interview was along with how kind all the faculty are."
"The level of confidence the staff has. That you don't have to go out of state to do you clinical rotations."
"Interviewer (administrative faculty) had clear answers on why they chose to work at this new school and how the school would be doing things differently based on evidence."
"The attitude, friendly nature of the interviewer, and how it was easy to talk to them."
"very familiar with my personal statement and secondary. professional."
"N/A"
"Nothing really negative to say, seems like they had pre-determined questions to also ask"
"That even though you don't have to go out of state for rotations, you'll be going to do the rotations at the same hospital as students from the University of Utah aka very competitive when it comes time to apply for residency programs there."
"Interviewer had flat affect and asked questions in a pretty disinterested way until I got them talking about themself."
"I ran out of time while thanking the interviewer"
"flat affect. didn't enjoy the heavy debating, but i understand some schools like to test potential students to see how they handle being questioned and defending their positions, but it still left me feeling a little deflated and less welcome by the school."
"How conversational its going to be"
"That it was going to be me and 2 interviewers, I thought it was 1-1"
"that i would face so much debating and healthcare policy questions. it wasn't consistent with my experience with faculty and admissions staff at all, so it was a little whiplash-y."
"Fantastic interview experience and faculty, interview day shot this school high on my list, hoping for an A!"
"My interviewer didn't seem interested in my personal statement or secondary video. They had a list of pre-prepared questions that they went down the list and didn't allow for much conversation to take place."
"The interview was done on an online platform (Zoom) due to COVID."
"i still really like this school and hope my attitude and emotions get better in the coming weeks and would still be ecstatic to get an A. very good videos and presentations leading up to the interview. well organized."
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 0 |
| Faculty member | 1 |
| Admissions staff | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 1 |
| Neutral | 2 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.00 | 11 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 0 |
| Out of state | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 2 |
| 2-3 hours | 0 |
| 4-6 hours | 0 |
| 7+ hours | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 0 |
| Automobile | 0 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 2 |
| $101-$200 | 0 |
| $201-$300 | 0 |
| $301-$400 | 0 |
| $401-$500 | 0 |
| $501+ | 0 |
N/A
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 0 |
| Hotel | 0 |
| Home | 1 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.18 | 11 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.55 | 11 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.27 | 11 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.73 | 11 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.27 | 11 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.91 | 11 |
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?