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  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Pittsburgh, PA
Individual Feedback 5 338 Responses
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 292
Negatively 15
No change 28

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
2.50 327

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.01 246

0 = low, 10 = high

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

Response Avg # Responders
8.52 226

0 = low, 10 = high

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

Response # Responders
In Person 0
Virtual 5

Questions

How long was the interview?

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5 minutes 0
10 minutes 0
15 minutes 1
20 minutes 2
25 minutes 5
30 minutes 35
35 minutes 9
40 minutes 22
45 minutes 75
50 minutes 48
55 minutes 4
60+ minutes 137

Where did the interview take place?

Response # Responders
At the school 319
At a regional location 7
At another location 7

What was the style of the interview?

Response # Responders
One-on-one 331
In a group 2

What type of interview was it?

Response # Responders
Open file 82
Closed file 245

How many people interviewed you?

Response Average # Responders
2.46 334

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"Share an experience where you worked with others on a project. What role did you play? What did you learn from this?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see medicine in the future?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Medicine? Why University of Pittsburgh? Why Pittsburgh (As a city)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me how you made the decision to pursue medicine. Tell me how you tested or explored this decision" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why pitt, why medicine, all the usual crap. There were no surprise questions at all." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why PittMed? Why medicine? What makes you unique?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself, why medicine, why nursing/PA/researcher..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does your major connect to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All the typical interview questions. Why Pitt? Why medicine? Why not PA/NP? Tell me about your research. Student interview is closed, faculty is open except for MCAT/GPA." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about an experience working in a team." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What sets you apart?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why University of Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What else have you done in college that is not on your application?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are leadership positions you have had?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? Why doctor and not other medical field (nurse, PA, etc)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why I though my educational path was best for medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 20 years? (for MSTP interview)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What do you do for fun?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In closed-file interview (with student) I was asked about clinical experiences, what I do in my free time, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. Why medicine? Why Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me an example of a time you demonstrated creativity" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student interviewer (MS2) had a list of questions: Why medicine? Why Pitt? What kind of clinical experience do you have? What *other* clinical experiences do you have? Hobbies? What kind of superpower would you like to have? Do you have any questions?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to work with [insert specific demographic from my application]?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What book have you read recently?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you know you wanted to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt...why medicine...some questions about my activities...tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They mainly tried to gauge what I was like as a person, and why the school was a good fit for me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why MD vs nurse practioner or another career" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The basics, tell me about yourself, tell me why you want to be a physician, tell me why pitt" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What led you pursue medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you find out about Pitt Med? (I'm from CA)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine, why pitt" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about the process that led you into deciding to go into medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself/your interest in medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research and your role in it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student interviewer: Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Both student and faculty: why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would make you come to Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you looking for in a medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of research do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how are you creative" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? (both my student and faculty interviewers asked me this)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Besides why medicine and why Pitt, what kind of doctor do you want to be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What made you want to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So what are you doing here at Pitt? (in other words, Why Pitt?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was there a specific moment in your life that compelled you to pursue medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"From student interviewer: Why Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself, Why Med" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about yourself. tell me about your research, your undergrad, (everything basic). what do you do for fun" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are you creative?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about my undergrad institution. How did I choose my major, and what type of classes does it entail? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"General get to know you questions: tell me about yourself, your background. What have you been doing since graduating?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the biggest healthcare problem and how would you change it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student Interviewer: What motivates you? How do you deal with competition? What do you believe will be your biggest sacrifice coming into medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What brings you to Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where did you go to school and why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt (Most common question)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. Something that's not in your application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever considered research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like about Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you done since you graduated college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you interested in research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? I'm from LA." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you do during undergrad? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? What have you learned about Pitt since you have been here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some non-medically relatedly activities you're involved in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student: What superpower would you want? Why medicine? Why Pitt? What do you do for fun? Tell me about your extra curricular activities. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"By student: in an informal, conversational way: why medicine, why pitt...I asked her a lot of questions about her work in community outreach." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you do for fun" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is diversity important to you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you get here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you married?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Besides your clinical experience (3 years) what other medical experience have you had? I thought this was an odd question. It seems to me that 3 yrs of nearly full-time clinical experience is fairly significant for a medical school applicant." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student interviewer: How do you work in small groups? (Pitt has PBL every other week so be prepared for that). Superpower question. Why medicine? No really, why medicine? What do you think about Pittsburgh? Do you have any questions for me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"WHat do you do now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about working in small groups?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research experience. He was more interested in my role in the project, but be prepared to talk about your research in detail. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of training do you have to have to be a massage therapist. (my profession)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favotire book? - I really didn't have a favorite so I just talked about the most recent one I read." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would your friends describe you? (asked by student interviewer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why med?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My first interview was a student interview and she asked your basic questions (why medicine, etc.) My second was a faculty interviewer (who was awesome by the way) and that was a convo. The third is w/ a person from the admissions staff. this one's like 20 minutes and it seemed extremely laid back. No difficult questions. Just what my future plans are, etc... " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did tennis helkp with your development as a person? (Played tennis for many years)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to practice transplant medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why MD/PhD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student: What do you like to do for fun, What do you feel about clinical research, Do you think doctors should do research. Remember, Pitt is a research school. Even if you haven't done any before, you may be asked about it. They don't expect you to sit in a lab all day, you can go out and do research in the community also. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you see yourself doing in 10-15 years? (ie. how to mesh research and medicine)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your life. Start at the beginning." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt Med, why Pittsburgh, etc?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you a vegetarian?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor? What experiences shaped your reasons? What have you done to test your decision?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your study abroad." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? But really, why medicine? Right, but, why not research/teaching/dentistry/etc.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The standards: why medicine, why Pitt, etc. Student questions seemed geared toward assessing your realization of the realities of medicine/medical school and your dedication to patient-directed medicine, while the faculty questions were more personal." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Faculty interviewer: issues in medicine, why medicine, research experience, tell me about your family, patient/clinical experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When and how did you decide you wanted to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was the difference between specificity and sensitivity?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When and why did you decide to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you interested in a career in medicine? Why Pitt? What do you think about the US Health Care System compared with that of other countries? Tell me your thoughts on the role of physicians in preventive health and research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want to do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What can I tell you about Pitt to make you want to go here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you liked about Pittsburgh? What don't you like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What role do you typically take in group situations?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? What was the origin of your interest?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Medicine? (or variations like why do you want to go into medicine, or become a doctor, etc) You'll want to stress 2 things: people and science, and that you find you want both, and can't give up either in your search for a profession." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you holding acceptances at any other schools? (Both the faculty member and the dean asked me this)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in the future (specialty, research or clinical)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student: very laid back. What do you like to do for fun? What kind of clubs were you involved in at school? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Small group experiences, what role did I take?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think makes a good doctor? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"describe your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you see yourself working in small groups, as in problem-based learning?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all basic questions about my future goals and my interests in medicine. my student interviewer though asked me more general questions about my life and what i had done. the student interviewer only gets your name, your undergrad school, and your hometown, so they basically know nothing. the faculty interviewer gets only your personal statement, so that is a little more intimate, but mine still wanted me to give her a general idea of who i was. the last interviewer, which is the dean of admissions, only talks to you for like 10ish mins and he just wants to grill you to make sure that you have a reason to apply to pitt specifically, and then he'll probably ask you where else youve applied/interviewed/been accepted. be prepared for him cuz hes really direct and quick. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What books have you been reading lately?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How is your day going? What have you done so far? What do you think? (All 4 interviewers asked me this, which I think really says something.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why mediicne? Faculty asks something specific about your PS." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you become interested in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"mostly conversational questions concerning path to medicine and interests/background. nothing out of the ordinary." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you wish to pursue medicine? (all three interviewers asked me this)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your family (I know, this isn't a question)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your research to me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Standard student questions: Why medicine? Why Pittsburgh? What are you looking for in a medical school? What are your interests outside school? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your career goals? What will having an MD AND a PhD allow you to do that having one of these degrees won't? (I'm paraphrasing)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Very generic questions, but more chit chat than anything" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think would be a better way to measure who will make a good resident?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"when did you decide to become a doctor ?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself? From student What brought you to Pitt? From faculty" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in ten years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Dating question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"everything pertained to my amcas application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you know about Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with frustrating people/situations? What are you looking for in a school? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If doing an MD/PhD was not possible which one would I choose and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"same" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your volunteer work." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about why you have chosen to become a physician" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Mostly personal info- Questions regarding opinion on curriculum" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you worked in small groups? (Related to their PBL [problem based learning] which they ask about.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what specialty are you interested in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the craziest thing you have ever done?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why UPitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See above." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the weaknesses of your application" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe this experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes Pitt the right place for you? Or you right for us?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"whats one of your strengths/weaknesses" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The student interviewers are obligated to ask these two (why medicine? tell me about your extracurricular, lab, other exp.) It's on their sheet that they fill out later. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you doing any reading for pleasure and if so, what are you reading?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do for fun" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Medicine, and what have you done to test this decision?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"typical questions- Why MD/PhD, why do you want to be a doctor etc..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you come to your decision to pursue medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(it's been a while, I can't remember much besides "What brings you to medicine" and "Why Pittsburgh?")" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The basics...why do you want to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Brief summary of your life:" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why the Russian major?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about....(insert application activity here)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of your strengths?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you decide medicine was for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"see above" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do outside of school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt (asked this 3 times)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When you work in a group with other students, what role do you play?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is UPitt your first choice? You can be honest. It wasn't mine. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself....basically a time to boast...however individuals like myself, who can't boast..and aren't willing to...don't do very well on such questions! " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths and weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how are you a well-rounded person?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the last movie you saw?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's your biggest weakness?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctore?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why motivated you ? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing special, really. B/c it was closed file, questions weren't too hard. What extracurricular have you done?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why both degrees?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Tell me about you background and your motivations. How do you handle stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What sort of extracurricular activities are you involved in? (required)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Strength and weaknesses." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"strengths (one of the questions on the "suggested?" list)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want me to tell the admissions committee about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"MD faculty interviewer - "Congratulations, you're accepted to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine." *shake hands* "What, are you surprised?" -- Me: Uhhhh, yeah I guess I am." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about your childhood?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are your strengths." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you think problem based learning is for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you apply here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to get both MD and PhD degrees?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"the interviews were just conversations: the dean asked specific questions though. Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do to provide health care insurance to those without if you were appointed Secretary of Health?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your best character trait?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Discuss your research project, how independent are you on it...etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Listed above" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"Give an example of a situation in which you failed. How did you handle this? What did you learn from this?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What issue do you see occurring in healthcare in the next 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does research mean to you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you recall a patient interaction you had or witnessed that made you realize or become more aware of some of the issues facing healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research, Why Pitt, what speciality do you want to go into?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you want to apply to Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"talk about your research experience" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Make me excited about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time you had to work in a team." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your (LDS) mission." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of medicine are you interested in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is critical thinking?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? What brings you to Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What drew you to our institution?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In the open-file interview (with faculty) - what are your interests outside of school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you to contribute to the diversity at Pitt Med?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Faculty interviewer (a clinician with a path to medicine similar to mine) was extremely nice, one of the most awesome people I've ever met, really! She asked me about my motivations to go into medicine, how my previous career translates into practicing medicine (I'm a non-traditional), my experiences in medicine - both positive and negative, and what kind of conclusions I made from them, why medicine, why Pitt (implicitly rather than explicitly), how I handle stress, my extracurricular interests (Pitt is big on them!). The interviewer than proceeded to answer some of my questions about the school and volunteered to tell me more about the city, the school and the culture at both. My faculty interview was actually very informative." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine, not public health?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your study on XYZ..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you done research and do you want to do it here? (they are a big research school)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are you creative?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What drew you to apply to Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"At what point did you decide medicine was for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do outside of work? (I'm in my gap year)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you plan to do any research during medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your most meaningful extracurricular activity?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why U Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about what you've been doing since you graduated. Tell me about what you did in college." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would people describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What non-academic activities are you involved in." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student interviewer: If somebody said something racist/distasteful to you, how would you react? (P.S. this was a context question, he didn't come out of nowhere with it)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do outside of academia?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student: what do you do in your free time? Faculty: tell me about your research in layman's terms..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Wha are your hobbies? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one activity that you learned something from? (vague)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So tell me how you came to do medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you do for fun" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you major in ___?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of research do you do? Do you like it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what clinical experience do you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was there a physician that you had a close relationship with that influenced your decision to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"From faculty: What type of medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"very conversational interview. chit chat. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will be the most difficult part of being a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? What do I think of the scholarly project? What do my parents do? What did I think about my past travels to a third world country?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you interested in research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Faculty Interviewer: Really no specific question, just conversational and one thing led to another. The only question I got put on the spot for was "Are you creative?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What has gotten you to this point that makes you want to be a physician? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your family." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of research/(healthcare) experience have you done/(do you have)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you see yourself in 10 years" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you think you've succeeded? This wasn't really a question. My faculty interviewer kept praising/complementing me on my hard work thus far and said that I would be a great doctor and then asked the question and then answered it for me: Because you worked hard. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why Pitts?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How has your day been so far?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? (What type of med school interview would it be without that doozy?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun? What book(s) would you recommend to me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your healthcare experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who do you go to for support?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Faculty: How did you know you wanted to practice medicine? A bunch of questions specific to my personal statment? What do you do for fun? Do you have any questions for me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you learn from Hospice volunteering?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"By Faculty: A little more formal but still really enjoyable. He was extremely nice and basically wanted to get to know me. I could tell that he had read my PS really well. Questions: Why Pitt, Why Medicine, he wanted to know a lot about my two years of work after graduating (I am a nontrad) and about how it was like to have a physician dad." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do u do for fun? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what will you do if you don't get in" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the hardest thing you think you'll encounter during medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about any research experience" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you interested in teaching?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think the ethical issues of the future will be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you looking for in a medical school? Why Pitt? (Both student and faculty interviewers asked this question.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Faculty member: Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Academic medicine or clinical? Tell me about a volunteer experience. How do you think your background in x will help you as a physician? Do you have any questions for me? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where else did you apply? Heard anything yet?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you speical?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"With so many options why did you want to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does your family feel about moving and you going to med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your spare in time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite movie? - The lady who asked me these questions said that everyone who comes to the interview is well qualified to go to Pitt but these questions help her to understand if Pitt is a write fit for us." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you work in small groups? (also by student)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of physician do you want to be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you handle the weather in PA? (I'm from NC)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What clinical experiences do you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Faculty: Why are you here, Do you always wear black to an interview, What kind of volunteer experiences have you had, Where did you get your motivation for becoming a doctor, How do you feel about euthanasia/stem cell research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Which areas of specialization are you considering?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"questions about my personal statement" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you do to maintain balance?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why/How/When Medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"At what moment did you realize you wanted to become a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What factors do you think about when choosing a medical school? What other schools are you interviewing at? Then why Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you reading?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would someone have to do to make you confront them about it? How might that go?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What social needs do you hope to address by practicing medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most challenging experience" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about a time when you worked in a small group. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student interviewer: tell me about yourself, hobbies, what I look for in a school, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you like Pittsburg?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your experience with research? volunteer work? your undergrad institution? hobbies?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you in grad school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. What area of medicine are you interested in pursuing? What do you think of Pittsburgh? Is there anything I can tell you about the city or the school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are your non science hobbies" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in ten years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about blah blah" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who has been your greatest mentor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So, your parents worked in the health care field?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What extracurricular activities do you engage in. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why choose Pitt? (and variations thereof like - what made you want to apply here, etc) You'll want to know Person-to-Person inside out to answer this question. You'll also realize they design the conversational approach to prevent you from shooting off a rehearsed speech. They seriously just want to know and get a feel for who you are." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. (Keep in mind the interviews are closed file, so you have a lot of control over where your interview goes here)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? What attracted you to Pitt? Why would you choose Pitt over other schools?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how did you decide on medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Dean: Why Pitt? Where else have you applied? How do you like Pittsburgh? If you have the opportunity, drive around the day before. That way you have something to talk about. I went to the Waterfront, a shopping area with lots of restaruants. Everyone knows about it, so it's really easy to talk about it. The dean, like everyone else, is really nice. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did I become interested in medicine, what have I done to explore that interest...?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What has been the most meaningful of all your activities?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you looking for in a medical school? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what kind of medicine do you want to practice? and how do you envision your future practice?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about U of Pitt and what makes it a good fit for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about THIS volunteer experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why Pitt? What have you done to verify your desire to be a doctor? Why are you positive that this is what you want? (Assorted versions from assorted interviewers, usually within the flow of conversation)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What experiences have you had that confirm your desire to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do outside of school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you pursuing medicine at your age? (They're very big on non-traditionals)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about your research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Faculty questions: What books have you read recently? What are some of your hobbies? Tell me about this activity." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research. What will you do if you get 'this' result from your research? What if you get 'that' result?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think you will handle the negativity that you might feel during the stressful times of residency?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your experiences (from my application)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your free time? Question about family background" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think you would be the most difficult part of medical school for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how did you decide to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's wrong with medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt for medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how did you decided to do go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why would you come to Pittsburgh over some California school? (I am a CA resident.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why pittsburgh? (Really important)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you been doing since graduation? Where do you see yourself in 15 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See the questions above for the interesting/difficult ones. Also, what single attitude developed in research will help me be a better doctor and why? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"old" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you done any research? What do you do in your spare time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun...tell me about yourself...ask million of questions to the students...why Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about ECs and research. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? Why medicine? Why do you want to be a doctor? (standard stuff)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think the fact that you lost 80 lbs in the past will serve to help you relate with patients as a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what have you been doing since May?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research and volunteer experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do your parents do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How can doctors manage an intense career with other responsibilites?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See above." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the pros and cons of medicine/being a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Please tell me about your time out of school..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"when did you decide on medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your experience abroad." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why did you apply to pitt" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What EC's (req questions)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you look for in a med school? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you here today? (walk through your decision for medicine)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of the problems in healthcare today and how will you handle them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most significant extracurricular activity I have done? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you read in the news lately" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your family like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Extracurricular activities?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have questions about Pitt for me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your most significant extracurricular experience as an undergrad?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how do you think creativity will help you as a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is life like in Ukraine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do outside of school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have you tested your interest in medicine? (required)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you decide you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do outside of school (again, 3 times)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many schools did you apply to? Why so many?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So are you one of those people who like to see the big picture and help more people with less individual impact or one of the people who like to help fewer people but have unmatched impact on their lives?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you major in film/video?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you going to do if you don't get into medical school? (This is such a downer...why do they ask it?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about going to war with Iraq?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you do in your spare time? extracurricular activities?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Seeing as your from Penn State, do you think you could ever root for the Pitt Panthers?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the scientific method?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's your biggest strength?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths and weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your hobbies? Why are they important ? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you had any sort of clinical exposure? (no major EC's like that in my file)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you see as the biggest problem in medicine today, do you feel were heading in the right direction? How do you see yourself working in a group setting? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite book? (required)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What field are you interested specifically?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"describe your family (this is the one question that started my conversation with the admissions committee person." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think it is possible to have caring, attentive patient-doctor relationships?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"One of the MD/PhD faculty interviewers everyone else "What are three words that describe yourself?" We got tied up in my research and personal statement, so he never got around to hitting me with that one." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your free time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What experiences have you had that have exposed you to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Outside of medicine, what do you do with your time and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you plan to finance your medical education?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you done research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What books have you read recently?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What other schools are you applying to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you propose we limit health care costs?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you a well-rounded applicant?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about your extra-curricular activities, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"Describe a situation where you interacted with people of different backgrounds. What did you take away from this experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a challenging time and how you overcame it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me a time you had to deal with something challenging, what did you do and how did it turn out?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to serve homeless populations? (I talked about it in my app)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you describe an experience where you helped/related to/connected with someone who might be considered marginalized in society?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What sets you apart?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What specialty" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever interacted with someone from a culture/group different from your own" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do in your free time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"do you want to continue research in the future/in your career" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do when you're stressed out?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your volunteering/leadership experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you learn from ______?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of medicine would you like to go into?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of community service have you done?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about research, volunteerism, things you do outside class, something creative you've done, leadership position you've had" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"For MSTP: "What are you looking for in a program?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What kind of research would you be interested in pursuing in the future, and why?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In the open-file interview (with faculty) - where do you see yourself in 20 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you work in teams?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one challenge you see affecting healthcare right now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student interview had a list of very basic questions asking about how you like Pitt, why you applied, what drives you to medicine, etc. For my faculty interview, nothing too specific, just had a nice conversation. My interviewer seemed to have read my essay carefully and asked about my background, but didn't focus on it- used it as a guiding tool for the conversation" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you see yourself doing research, and if so, what kind?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about (thing from PS)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you work in a team?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do besides academics?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about X activity." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you balance your professional and personal lives?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see you said ____ on your application. That's interesting. Please elaborate." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"NA" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Any questions for me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are you creative?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of the health care reform." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you involved with any research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Faculty interviewer: Tell me about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you feel about (x) experience during high school/college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel business and medicine cross-over?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student: tell me more about [some EC I mentioned] Faculty: could you be a Steeler's fan?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What extracurricular activities did you participate in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Biggest challenge to overcome as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What clinical experience do you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What activities do you do outside of school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you interested in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why pitt" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your leadership style?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you decide you wanted to become a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what was your favorite non-science class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"interests outside of medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of research do you see yourself doing?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you done that isn't related to getting into medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Both faculty and student interviewer showed keen interest in interests outside of medicine. Specifically: what do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your non-medical volunteering experiences/ your research/ your outside interests." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Other than shadowing, have you had any exposure to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think are some of the challenges facing healthcare today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself, something not in your application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do in your free time" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"who is your best friend and what is she like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What clinical activies have you been involved in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about X. X=insert amcas activity" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Any early thoughts on specialties and are you open to changing?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you so interested in politics? (I'm a political science major)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research experiences" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your volunteer experience? Work? Why so many jobs?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know what sort of doctor you'd like to be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions regarding personal statement (this is all the faculty interviewer gets, so they use it)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think the role of a physician should be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is important to you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you like research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why your particular major?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Admissions rep: How was your day? Do you have any questions for me? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why geriatrics?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"By Admission's person: how has your day gone? How have you liked the school, city? How many more interviews do you have and where? To which other schools have you applied to? And some informal chit chat about the steelers." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about your undergrad extracurricular activities." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"where do you see yourself in 10 years" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pittsburgh? (I'm from LA so they pointed this out)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you learned today that you didn't know before?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your volunteer work." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about human consciousness?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any questions for me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Admissions Dean: Overall, this was much more of a conversation (Although this was more nerve racking for me since she was one of the deans and all). She asked me how the day went, if I'd heard of a few of their specialty programs (like the area of concentration program), how I liked Pitt, where else I was interviewing at, and if I had any questions for her. Still very pleasant." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Anything else you want to tell me about yourself? Anything you do for a hobby?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there anything else I can tell you about UPitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Standard other ones." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know about our problem based learning?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? Do you have any questions for me? If you were not accepted into medical school, what would you do? REMEMBER THESE INTERVIEWS ARE CLOSED FILE AND THUS THE INTERVIEWERS DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR GPA OR MCAT SCORE." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about ______ - asked about a few different experiences I included in my personal statement" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research internships?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you decide you wanted to go into medicine? Was this before or after you decided to study neuroscience? (asked by faculty interviewer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what research did you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? What have you done to convince yourself that this is really what you want to go into?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Dean: How do you like Pittsburgh, What have you done around the city. You should probably drive around the day before if you have time. There are a lot of nice neighborhoods around the school. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the worst movie you've ever seen?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"questions about my activities related to medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"summarize yourself as an applicant" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have you handled hearing disgruntled physicians complain about their careers?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about...(some specific experience I mentioned)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of doctor do you want to be? Why did you choose that profession? Do you feel like Pitt can help you achieve your goals? Why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you take a year between college and med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? What do you mean it has a strong reputation? What does it mean to be a top research/primary-care school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your childhood and how you got where you are." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you deal with disappointment during your career" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your spare time? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Other than playing music (I'm a violinist), do you do anything else for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's going on in the world today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What other schools did you apply to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where else are you interviewing?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where are you in the application process? How many interviews have you had / do you have scheduled? What do you think about the application process? How do you feel about the interview day at Pitt? Are there any questions that you have for me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Question basically pertaining to my personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"superpower" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think your qualities will help you to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Your really willing to attend medical school out of state? (I live 1,000+ miles away)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself, why medicine, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why surgery?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine/Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you combine your previous research experience, you interests, and you desires into you future medical studies and practices?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What were some clinical activities." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Favorite ________ ? (insert: Hobbies, Foods, Books, Movies, sports) Other questions: - Where are you from? - Describe your childhood? - Describe your research (if any)? - So how do you like the City? - Have you tried the Hosting Program? ** No one asked me Ethical/Moral Dilemmas, nor did they press me for weird answers to put me on the spot. However, do be careful to tell your interviewers IFFFFF you have to be somewhere at a certain time - I had no rush, but some people have more interviews to go to, or have flights to catch, ETC." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What else do you do when you are not working?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where are you in the application process and what other schools are you looking at? (This is the first time I was asked about other schools, and I felt like they were really digging for information to see if I would actually choose Pitt)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are you looking for in a medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Faculty: Why did you include x in your personal statement? How do you feel about Academic medicine? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do I want to practice (rural/urban)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? (This is what the Dean really wants to know)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Could you see yourself here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's your motivation for going into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself (the student interviewer hasn't seen your file at all). The student who interviewed me was very kick back but took lots of notes on what I said." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What superpower? What cartoon? Favorite music, books, movies? What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do outside of medicine, what are your hobbies, what do you do for fun. What do you do with your friends? No hardball questions like ethics or health care issues. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do not related to school and medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you manage stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about how I feel working in small groups and how I feel presenting information to large groups of people." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your volunteering at the homeless shelter. (Like I said, straight-forward questions)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"other typical stuff" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Admissions officer: What are you looking for in a medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think the most difficult aspect of the Program will be? (Followed by same question, but for being a physician-scientist.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you apply here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think use of technology in medicine would be helpful? (Since I have a technology background)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The rest of both interviews was mostly a back and forth conversation." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about [this event in your essay]. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are your extracurriculars?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The usual - tell me about this experience etc etc" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you become interested in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you do in your free time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know the perils associated with academic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What can you offer to the entering class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you want to practice academic medicine in the future? (Dean asked that)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? What would you choose as an alternative career? What if you don't get into medical school, that is, how bad do you want it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"And of course the questions of why medicine? Why MD/PhD? Describe your research. Why did you apply to Pitt? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"stuff" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of the block curriculum and the PBL approach?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me some of your strengths." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you contribute to the educational mission of our institution?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"WhyPitt/ why medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you couldn't do medicine, what else would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Has anything dissuaded you from becoming a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you a well-rounded person?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's wrong with health care in the U.S.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do outside of school? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See above." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did u get into medicine and what are your extracurricular activities youve done" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you feel that your family has been supportive through this process?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know what kind of doctor you may want to be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why do you want to be a doctor/how did you verify this desire" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What can I tell you about Pittsburgh? They really go overboard on trying to sell the city, I get the impression that they are almost apologetic that they have this great school stuck in Pittsburgh and they try to make you feel like you won't miss out on 4 years of life by coming there." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your spare time? (I don't know about you, but I certainly don't have any spare time) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your spare time" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your biggest fault?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See the most difficult question asked response." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you decide to go into medicine and have you tested this decision" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt; why MD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is a typical weekend for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How has your medical experience helped your decision?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of doctor do you want to be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself...." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talked about my clinical experience... Can I answer any questions for you? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you think of healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Various conversations about what I do for fun and what I think about the school." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could write President Bush's State of the Union Address, what three things would you specifically mention?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths/weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How well do you like working in groups, and what role do you like to play?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths? (suggested)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What clinical experience do you have? Community service?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any Qs for me (all 3 times ... do we see a theme here)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do when you're not in school? Which of those is most important to you and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses? How would your friends describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths and weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are there any organizations, political or humanitarian, that you see yourself contributing to while in med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your medical experiences?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Typical strengths/weaknesses question (I HATE this one)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why University of Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What else do you want to talk about? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your current research project(s)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun? How will you keep from becoming a jaded doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths? (required)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about your research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you like besides medicine. (very open ended..) I started by replying I thought law was interesting and i've always wanted to audit a law class.. but then he kinda rephased his question and said "What do you like to do for fun." =p" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you handle negative criticism?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your strengths and weaknesses (and alot of other ordinary interview questions like that)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where else have you applied?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do your parents do? How have they influenced your decision to pursue medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you a well rounded person" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you do in your spare time? how areyou going to pay for med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a present health-related issue and how you would attempt to resolve it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your biggest strengths?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you want to practice? What do you do for fun? What type of medicine are you interested in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you had any clincial exposure?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want me to tell the adcom?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the last book you read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you see yourself in 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go to Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Give an example of a time you noticed a lack of compassion during your clinical interactions and detail how that impacted you." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None - generally basic questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Very basic questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What healthcare issues are going to be big in the next 5-10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you come across, either in your studies or independent research or reading time, any advancements in science or healthcare in recent years that's had an impact on public/population health?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of the challenges that I think are facing medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you confront a patient that was skeptical or doubtful of science/the healthcare system (i.e. COVID-19 and mask policies)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your definition of success" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked me about my thesis research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think is the most challenging issue facing healthcare? (she followed this question up with "did you watch the democratic debate last night?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have your experiences prepared you for medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you want to go into ___ field?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some qualities a physician should have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Make me excited about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, they were really standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the worst book you have read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will your experience with the arts inform your patient care philosophy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why didn't you go into one of your parents' careers (follow-up to question on my parents' backgrounds)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you couldn't go to med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Question 3." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was talking about what I do in my free time and I mentioned I watch Netflix occasionally (of course, alongside building orphanages and helping old ladies cross the road), and my faculty interviewer asked me what my favorite TV shows were and why." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What medical specialty are you interested in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me an example of a time you demonstrated creativity" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Some questions related to my background and interests." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your experience playing x sport" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you have any trouble finding my office?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What field of medicine are you interested in and how positive are you that that is what you want to do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, it was very straight forward" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really. Be prepared for the usual stuff, about why medicine etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are you creative?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They were all pretty standard conversation starters." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So you worked _____. Why the heck did you do that?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"NA" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you a steeler fan" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who are your role models and why." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think creatively?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could go anywhere and do anything for one weekend vacation, where would you go and what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They were pretty standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could win any award in the world, what would it be?? (student interviewer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your interest in the actual science of medicine. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing crazy... " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student: give me an example of how you are creative Faculty: what would you do if you didn't get accepted?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you rate your mechanical skills (playing with tools, etc)? The interviewer asked me this question because a part of my app said I am considering orthopedics as a specialty of choice." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you would have a problem with the Scholarly Project? -mostly related to the fact that I don't have much research background" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So you think you have enough clinical experience?-" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you dress up as for Halloween? (there was a bit of a lead up to this question, it wasn't completely out of the blue)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you work in groups and how will that serve you as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think you'll struggle with most as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What qualities in the physicians you shadowed impressed you the most?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What personality traits are important for a doctor to have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could have dinner with any two or three people, who would they be and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about the informational systems in hospitals? (this was part of an overall conversation about the UPMC hospital's switch to electronic files)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"After answering a question about what I would do if I didn't get in to medical school I was asked: What is the biggest health care issue negatively affecting the quality of life of people today in the US." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do that's not related to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really: Why did you decide to take a year off?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you think of the pharm companies influencing doctors" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something not on your application material that's important." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you understand the culture of Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was kind of hoping for more challenging and fun questions, but it didn't happen. How would you define Academic Medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you creative?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were any kind of ice cream flavor, what would you be? / What is the coolest thing you have ever done?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had to pick an ice cream flavor to describe your personality, what would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Frankie asked me the random questions like What do you like to do? What's your favorite book?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All pretty stock questions, nothing special." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who was your best friend and how would you describe her?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"cant think of one" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you like me to present you to the admissions committee?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was mostly just asked to explain activities on my AMCAS for my faculty interview. The student interview was a simple conversation for 45 minutes." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were so happy serving in the military, why are you wanting to get out to go to med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about your siblings." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun? Why did you work so many jobs?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What animal would you be and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can't think of any right now..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you heard of the plagiarism case with the Harvard student that was given $500,000 to publish a book? (I told him yes, but didn't see how it connected to medicine... he said that a previous interviewee last week talked about it when they got into a discussion about academic honesty..)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really, what I do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What books do you read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the biggest challenge you will face as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could have any super power which one would you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing in particular" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's your favorite cartoon" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"detailed questions about my essay (my main interviewer had really read my application!)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was really low stress...my interviewer was a really nice guy who suggested that we take a walk outside since it was such a nice day. My student interviewer was much younger than me, and she was a first year, on top of that it was her first interview so she was more nervous than I was." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My feelings on teaching" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too out of the ordinary: Why Pitt? Why medicine? Describe your volunteer work? Tell me about your research? How did you get here (I'm about 10 years older than most applicants)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about human consciousness?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Of the cities around the world in which you've worked, which was your favorite and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I could have any superpower, what would it be? (Asked by student interviewer) Also asked a lot of questions about my interests in women's health, research, and how those tied into my faculty interviewer's current work which was awesome!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was there any one moment that really set your heart on medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing too interesting. just the common questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you get into your present line of work? There were a lot of interesting and though provoking questions. Very much a conversation between two adults. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does your family feel about you going to med school. (I have a husband and a child)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you think of Freakonomics?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you workout?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing out of the ordinary..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the other state that the Senate race was waiting on other than Virginia. I did not know the answer, but it was Montana." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What good experiences and bad experiences have you had with doctors treating your sister (my sister has a severe chronic disease) and how will this affect the way you practice medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do I think about HPV vaccine development?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you always wear black to an interview? (actually, I was wearing black and blue, so it was kind of funny)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a physician instead of a...?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"i wrote about my father's influence in my PS, and my faculty interviewer spent some time asking about my relationship with the rest of my family and my travel experiences with them." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I got asked about what I see myself doing in 10-15 years a lot. But, the most interesting question was the student interviewer who asked me what thing from my application I would like him to emphasize to the admissions committee. I thought that was really cool of him." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe how you work in small groups." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"One of my Interviewers went off on a tangent for a few minnutes about how much they liked the new show " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what sorts of health policy do you see yourself shaping in the future?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing really" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What role do you take on in a group situation and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with confrontation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about yourself that you shouldn't (asked by the student interviewer and technically not part of the evaluation)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you work in groups?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Actually, most of my questions were typical. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you think will be the most difficult aspect of practicing medicine " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"this was my second interview and honestly if I taped my first interview and played it back, it would be fine, just sound interested about your own life and activities and you'll do fine. Plus remember the two inescapable questions: why medicine and why this school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"n/a" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was the difference between specificity and sensitivity?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In your experience, have you met any physicians who were disgruntled or unhappy with their choice of profession?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing special" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me your thoughts on the role of physicians in preventive health and research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want to have accomplished by the time you die?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of sandwich do you like? Kind of random. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I had so many interesting questions. They were: 1. What superpower do you want to have? 2. Would you swim in pool or ocean? 3. Name three people you'd like to have dinner with?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who has been your greatest mentor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did your grandma die? (I spoke about her in my personal statement)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What don't you like about Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think will be the most difficult aspect of medicine faced by future doctors?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My faculty interviewer asked me about my brother, who has Down syndrome. I thought it was interesting that she would want to talk about that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, no surprise questions, very straight forward and to-the-point." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just your typical interview questions - Why medicine? Start from the beginning of when you knew you wanted to go into medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What's your favorite cartoon - why?" I thought it was pretty random. I answered honestly and said the one where Elmer Fudd goes after a Helga-dressed Bugs Bunny singing - "Kill da wabbit ... Kill da waaaabit."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really out of the ordinary." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's your favorite movie, book, cartoon?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your most creative accomplishment?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too interesting...basic questions and specific ones" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I wasn't asked anything remotely interesting. Just the same old questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"pretty standard questions--why medicine? when did you know you want to go into medicine? etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?? not really that interesting..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(in reference to my interest in global health) how much of your career do you plan to spend working abroad, and what are you reasons?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the biggest problems with healthcare today? How would you change it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A couple really fun ones: *If you could have any superpower, which would you choose and why? *What's your favorite cartoon?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really. Every question were the typical ones like Why medicine, Why Pitt, What do you like about the city, what extra cirricular." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many schools did you apply to? Where have you interviewed already?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what book are you reading?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What setting do you see yourself practicing in? What is your favorite cartoon?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of physician do you want to be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you'll be able to "have a life" during medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What clinical experiences have you had?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most creative thing you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite cartoon" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did Wittgenstein (philosopher) have to say about pain?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Very few solid questions, more chit chat with admission dean" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think would be a better way to measure who will make a good resident?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the major issues facing medical care today and what solution would you advocate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is the most important thing we should know about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In reference to my school's female:male ratio (I'm a girl): What does that do for your dating life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you adjust to the cold in Pittsburgh since you are from California?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All questions pertained to my AMCAS application. No ethical scenarios, or questions concerning current issues in health care (e.g. HMOs, PPOs, etc.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is the most creative thing you do? apparently the faculty interviewers are told to asess creativity." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you balance family and medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Very standard questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing usualy, we just talked about my life, why medicine, what I liked to do in my free time, and why pittsburgh" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the last CD you bought?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I was to be the gov. of ? (pick one) state and giving my state of the state address, what would be my issues and what would I do about them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I were elected a US senator, what would be my issues?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What improvements do you think doctors could make to help patients have more comfortable experiences?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In addition to asking "why medicine," my interviewer inquired as to what steps I've taken to discover whether or not medicine really is for me. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In a scale of 1-10, how confident I am about being accepted into Medical School...funny thing was that I am already accepted at two medical schools" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing stands out- it was all very conversational and seemed aimed at getting to know you as a person. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know that you cannot save life you can only prevent death" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I were to meet you as a random stranger, what would we talk about?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think the fact that you lost 80 lbs in the past will serve to help you relate with patients as a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none very interesting" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the craziest thing you have ever done?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing special." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Very relaxed interview...no tricky questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student: "What's the craziest thing you've ever done?" Faculty: "How do you think knowledge from your [geriatrics] research could be applied to children?" " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of old movies that you love that you can suggest to me?---I am a huge old movie buff" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about our curriculum? What attracts you to Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did your background with 2 cultures affect your educational experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing in particular caught my attention, both my student interview and faculty interview were very relaxed and chill and we talked about a lot of stuff, but all about ME." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing really, they have some standard questions that they have to get the answers to" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"no real questions, just asked me to talk about myself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"We really had a nice discussion. There were no rote questions but a real flowing conversation." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing interesting" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None - pretty standard fare" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your biggest fault?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your most memorable EMT experience and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you a good cook? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would your friends describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you realize that as a doctor you are not saving a life, you are simply delaying death?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really too interesting" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you consider yourself to be a well rounded person?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"some weird scenarios, pretty fun though." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What other schools have you interviewed at and what did you like about them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No interesting questions. Just the questions you'd expect; what do you read, what are your hobbies, what area of medicine are you interested in, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did the role in your family prepare you for a career in medicine? (Nothing too interesting or crazy...)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just the basic stuff..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you hope to get out of Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is a big pain in the butt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could write President Bush's State of the Union Address, what three things would you specifically mention?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the biggest problems in health care and how would you personally help fix them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you feel working for someone less qualified than yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None too interesting. Questions were fairly standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"did you know that pitt is top 10 in research dollars? (asked this about 5 times)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had 30 seconds to explain to the admission committee why they should select you, what would you say?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing out of the ordinary" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing too exciting here - all fairly standard Qs (all my interviewers were quite mellow)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When you go home to visit your parents, what does your mother make for you to eat?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does what you learned from studying public health in Mexico apply to our healthcare system in the United States?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Recommend a film that my husband and I should see and tell me why it's good. (I was a film major)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing very interesting was asked. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you play any instruments?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What made you know for sure that medicine was the right career for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I wasn't asked any direct questions. Very conversational. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So I saw a speech the Rendell (PA's governor) gave about health care, malpractice lawsuits, and insurance rates. In light of all these issues, why would anyone want to get into medicine? (Asked by the student interviewer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing all conversational" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want to do in the future with your MD degree?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you still have epilepsy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It wasn't an interview as much as it was a discussion. The faculty interviewers questions will be different for everyone because they have your AMCAS personal statement in front of them and will ask questions regarding it. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want to accomplish in the next four years besides getting trough medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Say you're in PBL and a couple members are not putting in the work. How would you go about rectifying this problem?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how would you deal with a peer who was not pulling his weight in PBL group" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some avenues of translational research that will bring currently broad genomics prowess to bear on specific clinical needs, and generally how do the various -genomics fields change medical research paradigms? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing particular, pretty conversational" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something that your friends may not know about you or may find surprising." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know who Job is? - I think she just wanted to know how well read I am." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing crazy. everything based on the conversation at hand" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite cartoon?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the biggest problem with healthcare today, just off the top of my head." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"my greatest strength and greatest weakness in one word...which I found very interesting since its so hard to narrow this down" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you motivate a member of your PBL(problem based learning) group who is not pulling his or her weight and hindering other members of the group?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of people do you not get along with?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite book?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing too interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How important is located relatively close to your family during school in deciding which med school to attend?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your family for me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the last book you read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of books do you like to read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Will you go back home when you are done with your training?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe what you're reading right now (I mentioned that I like to read)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"standard why md/phd - why both degrees - what specialty would you go into, why pittsburgh - what do you like about the program" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you can pick three adjectives to describe yourself, what would they be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What exactly is Postmodernism?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The questions were pretty typically. Why do you want to study medince. The most interesting I guess is what do you look for in a medical school...and do we fit that profile. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you believe the US government should torture suspected terrorists if they have information that might be needed to prevent an imminent attack?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you enjoy most about medical school? What do you think the most difficult thing will be about medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who do you think was behind the anthrax attacks last year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about the most interesting family vacation you had...and all my vacations blurred into one, so I couldn't really remember the most fun one." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing very interesting. They have a sheet in front of them. The student had only your name and undergrad institution. The faculty interviewer had personal statement and practice vision essays as well" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Can you think of a recent advancement that impacted population health?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself - it’s too broad" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me a time when you had a conflict with a co-worker/peer?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What research development do you know of in the past 5-10 years has made a strong impact to the community/people?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you describe a time when you failed? How did you handle it or what did you gain from it or how did you grow from it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none. very standard questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none, all very standard!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Has anything especially encouraged or discouraged your motivation for medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"there were no difficult questions. pretty standard interview" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"the first interview is closed file, so they ask a lot of questions about your activities and characteristics that are sometimes hard to answer" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What concerns do you have about entering medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What sets you apart?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There weren't any curveball questions!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, just a conversation." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A question about my UG school I didn't know the answer for" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you apply your community organizing background as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something creative you've done" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you couldn't go to med school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"For MSTP interview: Have you ever considered doing an MD? Why MD/PhD instead of MD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Question 1." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So you want to work with the underserved. How do you justify going $200K in debt, then working for people who won't pay you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your greatest weakness? (Ouch, hate that question)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me an example of a time you demonstrated creativity" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you leave your prior field?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any questions for me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did that make you feel? (asked a few times throughout... it felt like I was talking to a shrink)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, it was very straight forward" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None in particular. Very stress-free interviews." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing was really difficult. there were few actual questions (my interviewer had prepared a sheet of about 5 actual questions, but the rest of the interview was conversational)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you decide to switch careers? (was expected of course)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No difficult questions. I was worried about getting questions about my GPA, but since both interviews are closed file they don't ask." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No difficult questions at all. The questions that people post on here is EXACTLY what you'll hear on interview day" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is professionalism?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The faculty interview was challenging, because I almost felt like the woman wanted me to lead the interview. It felt more like a conversation, and she didn't always lead with a question, so sometimes, instead of waiting for a question, I would just respond to something she had said. I was not expecting this level of informality, so it was a bit of a challenge to roll with." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give me three words that describe you." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All straightforward. No curveballs here." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""Why Pitt?" was phrased in an unexpected way, looking for specific detail." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All the follow up questions on research took some serious thought" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about learning material with a team?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Everything was extremely straight forward. The usual stuff." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None were very difficult" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would make you come to Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So you think you have enough clinical experience?-" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My student interviewer asked what I'd been doing lately. I think he was running out of things to ask and responses, and the time was fairly short. So be warned, your student interviewer might not be the most adept." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is the core behind all of your motivations for being a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing was very difficult, as most questions were posted on studentdoctor.net in other interview feedback pages." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think you'll struggle with most as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing difficult. Very conversational." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what makes you unique from other applicants? (This one is always hard to answer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Not difficult, but strange: Are you creative?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was there anything in the clinical setting which surprised you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you think of a specific example of a doctor talking above the comprehension level of a patient?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The faculty interviewer grilled me on my personal statement. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you interested in academic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you creative?... I didn't really know how to approach it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you consider yourself a creative person?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you gotten out of your college experience besides an education?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are *you* looking for in a medical school? (Note: this is different than "why do you want to go to Pitt", although effectively the answers may be similar). Also, "why not RN, PA?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Didn't really have one... my student interviewer was an MSTP or PSTP so he asked me how I felt about pursing professional research, but wasn't difficult just didn't want to offend him." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Again, all the questions you prepared for, ''Why Pitt?'', ''Why Medicine?'', ''What do you do for fun?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How to balance between research and patient interaction?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No difficult questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you like me to present you to the admissions committee?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why should Pitt choose me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you really sure you want to do this, given your age and current career?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How well are you, a non-science major, prepared for medical school compared to a science major?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did I have any additional clinical experience other than working as an EMT? (I was hoping working as an EMT would be enough.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What other schools applied to, and i stand with them." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What motivates you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you were in a small group with a very abrasive person? Why would you do this?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In what way are you creative?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really, all pretty standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Having volunteered in a hospice, how do you deal with bonding with patients and then seeing those same patiends pass away?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing was too difficult." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was there any one experience that pushed you to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"''do you have any questions for me'' (was a little underprepared, and was asked this four times by one guy)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really out of the ordinary" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How I felt about the Honors/Pass/Fail system in regards to studying very hard and missing the honors mark by a point " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you interested in teaching?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. The questions were all easy." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You've had a lot more experience than the average applicant; don't you think that will make it hard to relate to them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of your strengths? What are some of your weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No questions were particularly difficult. I think the question I was most unsure about how to answer was what other schools I had interviews at/applied to. I had one other interview scheduled at this point, but I wanted to make sure each interviewer who asked (all three) knew Pitt was high on my list! I also got lots of questions about my research experience, questions about any volunteer experiences, outside interests, and desire for the type of location I wanted to attend medical school at. They definitely try to sell Pittsburgh as a great city, so be prepared to either A. know what parts of Pittsburgh you do like or B. be able to show that even though you don't like Pittsburgh as a city, that wouldn't keep you away from the med school! " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I don't remember any intentionally dificult questions. It was very conversational; I didn't feel like they were interested in watching me perform under pressure--just wanted to get to know me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"again, nothing too difficult" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to come to Pittsburgh when you are coming from a much better location?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you sure you want to go to med school? (because I am a non-traditional student, and have had a break in my education, plus a few gray hairs)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you plans if you don't get into medical school this time around?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you miss about being a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) whenever you become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have you tested your commitment to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you go to the school you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interview was more just a conversation... we talked about whatever came up" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing was really difficult. It was conversational. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"so why are you here? what other schools that you have applied have problem based learning?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had to choose between medicine and research, which would it be and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you here? (it kind of caught me off guard, especially since it was my first question)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite book? (difficult to narrow it down)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing was difficult. pitt is very conversational, and i was hardly asked any questions aside from the first, just to get the conversation started." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"one prof pointed out my lack in clinical experience and i had to recover from that one with other community service things that i had done" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most creative thing you have done recently?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you met any disgruntled physicians during your shadowing experiences? How did you respond to them? What effect did they have on you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"are you a democrat?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you done anything recent to test your commitment to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They were all easy" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Discuss an experience where you disagreed with an authority." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Same as above." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Same" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interview was very laid-back. No curveballs. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"n/a" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is your role model?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was the difference between specificity and sensitivity?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you considered the length and difficulty of residency? What are your thoughts on that?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"With all of your clinical experiences, what do you know about and are you prepared for medical school, residency, fellowship?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about the US Health Care System compared with that of other countries?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think you'll fit in here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"i suppose those interesting questions could have been hard but my faculty interviewer made me feel very at ease and comfortable so nothing was really hard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not M.D./Ph.D?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you really made a difference in the life of the inner-city child you were tutoring during your Alternative Spring Break? (Was a reasonable question during the interview, but as a stand-alone, this question is difficult.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"NA" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"To be honest - I was not asked any of those questions that interviewing students dread answering - NO moral/ethical questions, NO defend your position on abortion, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Comment on the difference between the health care systems in the U.S. and Canada." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about academic medicine? (Research, basically) Even if you haven't done any research you will have to do some clinical research while at Pitt. Just keep that in mind. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none really, they can't grill you on your application because it's closed-file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing difficult" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you like the city? (a question only the most skillful of liers could answer positively)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"same as before." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing really" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"same." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I guess the most difficult in content, but not asked in a scary way: If your best friend was one station ahead of you on a lab practical exam, and you saw him repeatedly looking ahead like he was cheating off the person in front of him, what would you do?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do with your friends?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Pretty standard questions, nothing difficult." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"no really difficult questions, just usual application, how you got to medicine stuff..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What experiences have you had working in small-group settings? What do you think are the pros and cons of working in a small group of peers? Why do you think working with small groups will help you learn?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"no real difficult questions. The interview was very straightforward to get to know who you are. Probably the hardest was "how would your friends describe you."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. They were very straight forward and were mainly from my app & AMCAS" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"questions about my research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name something wrong with our health care system and suggest a solution." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of role do you play on a team and what kind of people do you prefer on a team?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of problem I'd like to study in the Women's Health AOC" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do for fun the most? (It was hard to tell if she wanted no ECs or one from ECs)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A question about my family (which I wrote about in my app) that came as a surprise. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"no difficult questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"2 strengths and 2 weaknesses" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No question was especially difficult, but the interviews clearly wanted to know who I was and what had driven my desire to become a physician." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is wrong with medicine and what would you do to fix it? (student question)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too difficult!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"same, since it was the only one I hadnt heard" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Very standard questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none really, everyone was extremely relaxed and happy there" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of the fact that doctors who are on payroll with the cholesterol drug companies are also the ones that recommeded that the acceptable cholesterol levels be lowered from 200 to 190?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"From a student interviewer for the MD/PhD part: "The student interviewers have a lot of say in the admissions committee. Do you want me to go to the committee and fight for you?" I thought this was a tough one because even though I was really interested in the school I obviously didn't want to give a guarantee that I would go there since there is still a lot of time before the interview season ends. But as you can see the most difficult question wasn't really difficult." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Probably the same one; I'd heard everything else before." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you tell me about a time when you confronted a real dilemma in your volunteer work?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your study habits to me. I could either lie and pretend as if I'm super-student, or I could use this opportunity to tell the truth. I chose the latter, and I am glad to be asked this question instead of the typical "what are your weaknesses" question." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me everything you want me to know about yourself (this was asked during the student interview, because they have no knowledge or background about you, aside from your name and state of residency)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"detailed questions about my research " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See above." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None were difficult." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none very difficult" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No tough questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So, how do you plan on managing a career with other life responsibilities? (not meant in a bad way, it just came up)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student: "What was the last favorite book you read?" - I don't know! Too busy filling out med school apps! No, I actually didn't answer it like that. Faculty: "Tell me about little aspect X of your research." (I did the project 3 yrs ago). " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"NONE!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most questions were fairly straight forward." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What schools have you been accepted to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what would you do if you couldnt do medicine (pretty standard, you see)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"so, do you think pitt is the place for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"see above" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Don't recall" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pittsburgh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about male gynecologists not being hired in private practices since women now prefer to go to a woman doctor for their gynecological care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, very conversational" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have you tested your desire to enter medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there anything not on your application that you want me to tell the admissions committee? What happened freshman year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing too difficult, very conversational" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you absolutely, positively sure that you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you get accepted into a UC school and Pitt, would you come to Pitt? (i'm from california)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My faculty interviewer asked me about health care insurance. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All pretty standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Again, the normal med school interview questions. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see medicine in ten years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A current event that I hadn't heard of . . (Low pressure, though)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Of those three things lets take one - Education - what 4 policies would you implement to improve it's current situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Probably the above" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too difficult. This site helped me prepare well." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you look for in a medical school? (By no means hard, normally, but I tripped in this part of the conversation)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why would you pick pitt over some other top school? this was difficult because 1. pitt is not a top school and 2. i wouldn't pick pitt over a real top school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you weren't pursuinf medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really difficult...probably the standard "What will be your greatest challenge as a doctor" question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pitt? (i know, it's not too difficult, but i was asked it 3 times and didn't have a great answer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really difficult. Which of your extracurricular activities are most important to you and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think that the character Denzel Washington played in "John Q" was right in what he did? Why or why not?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about an ethical dilemma you faced while working abroad." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What other schools did you apply to? Why would you come out to Pitt?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Strengths and weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"so tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Same as above" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about yourself that I could not find out from your application. (Basically had to continuing elaborating on this question for about 1.5 hours)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none - they just really want to get to know you and be friendly" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you always want to be a health professional? How frustrating was it to get the grades you did early in college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too