How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.00 | 13 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 7 |
| Negatively | 4 |
| No change | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.08 | 12 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.86 | 7 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.86 | 7 |
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| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 1 |
| 15 minutes | 3 |
| 20 minutes | 0 |
| 25 minutes | 1 |
| 30 minutes | 1 |
| 35 minutes | 0 |
| 40 minutes | 2 |
| 45 minutes | 3 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 13 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 9 |
| In a group | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 8 |
| Closed file | 5 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.00 | 13 |
"Tell us about yourself. Why do you want to go to this school?"
"Why medecine?"
"The classic: Why do you want to be a doctor? Why not continue your current field of study?"
"If you were accepted at 2 schools: Sherbrooke and Laval, which one would you choose? And why?"
"Explain your extracurrics."
"Why are you here today?"
"What type of books do you read/do you read in french?"
"What do you parents do? Do they want you in medicine?"
"Why med?"
"Introduce yourself. Why medicine? What specific event or situation made you cry this year? "
"Why medicine?"
"What do you think of making students spend a year in a rural area? What do you think of the new train system being implemented in Montreal (I think that was the question), how can we reduce pollution?"
"Have you had any experience with the medical area?"
"what would your friends say about you? (i answered some positive stuff..) then, what would they say about you that's NEGATIVE?"
"How do you adapt to knew situations and places?"
"What are the skills you think that required to be a good doctor?"
"If you would do your intership and a doctor really doesn't like you, how would you react? "
"Why not another health profession?"
"If you gave a wrong diagnosis and realized it lately, what would you do and how would this affect you in the future?"
"Tell me about your research project."
"Why did you choose an undergrad degree in biology?"
"What is the last book you read?"
"Tell me about your volunteering experiment. Tell me about your research bursary."
"Describe your cultural background."
"How do you think you did in the group interview?"
"If I tell you that I disliked you and that I do not want of you in my faculty of medicine, what would you tell me?"
"tell us about: - your family - what you do during your free time - your volunteering experiences"
"What do your friends say about you?"
"What is your biggest flaw? Your greatest achievement?"
"What do you think about the fact governement wants to obligate new doctors do go into foreign regions?"
"Will you stay in the province after you graduate, if you are accepted?"
"Tell me about something that you have done in the past that made you proud of yourself"
"If you get accepted here and to McGill, where would you go?"
"Why should we take you?"
"What is the last movie you saw?"
"How would you react when treating a person from the streets, if that person is in very bad shape and not responding."
"What's the last movie you saw? And who directed it?"
"What do you like to do in your spare time?"
"So you tell me you write songs ... tell me about any politic themes you've touched?"
"what did you think about the group interview (that took place just before the individual interview)? what do you think we evaluate during the group discussion?"
"Are you the kind of person who goes to political demonstrations?"
"Most questions were straightforward in my case"
"Which profession would you do if I would tell you tomorrow you couldn't do anything in the health science field?"
"Do you have any friends?"
"By looking at your CV you seem to have achieved a big success in medical research, why would you like to leave that and apply in Medicine?"
"What would you do if after you diagnose a patient who's in in ctitical condition, your boss tells you you've wrongly diagnosed him?"
"All typical questions"
"Describe your research in 90 secs."
"what would I do if my baby was trisomic...would I chose abortion?"
"How will you adapt to the French? (I'm English-speaking)"
"A nurse is new to the hospital where you worked as a doctor for 25 years. She tells you that you made a wrong prescription. How do you react?"
"if you like science and helping people, why not pharmacy / dentistry / ergotherapy / biochemistry ? (they asked about these 4, one at the time, so i had to justify for each of them)"
"From your statement, it seems your knowledge of the medical profession is mostly theoretical, please comment."
"What is empathy to you?"
"What would you do if a mom comes in your office with her child for a throat problem and you would discover some marks on his body. The mom fells you think she beats her child and gets angry. How would you react?"
"If you were managing the health care system and could make changes, what would you do?"
"Give me an autio-biography of yourself and tell me what has brought you to this chair."
"Do you have friends"
"What is your biggest weakness?"
"Who is Dubelcco? what does he remind me of....I had no clue!!!!"
"If you were accepted at McGill, and at UofM, where would you go?"
"Mock interviews, read/researched many interview questions, read about ethical situations, practiced my French constantly, watched the news"
"Knowing my thoughts on specific questions every school asked (Why medicine and not nursing, physiotherapy, etc.?)"
"talked to people who passed the interview, asked myself why i wanted to become a doctor, prepared to talk about my past activities, volunteering, qualities and flaws, etc."
"Read books, articles, keep current with news in Quebec. Introspection, read personal statement. Mock interview."
"Ian Wong's website, futuredoctor.net, mock interviews (Important!)"
"I read newspapers, pratice regular interviews questions, read books about Patch Adams and really knew why I wanted to go to medecine school. "
"This website, Canadian pre-med Ezboard (Ian Wong - you rock!). Read lists of possible questions. Prepared and practiced several times. Prepared some points that I wanted to make sure to get across."
"Talking to med students, reading articles, websites..."
"went over questions on the internet, spoke to students who went before me, and read the newspaper"
"Practiced with friends"
"Read this site, Ian Wong's pre-med site, read bioethics books, kept up with current events, The Economist and Internet news."
"Read this site, read newspapers and talked to medical students"
"Mock interviews, read over health care related news."
"How nice the med students and faculty were. And also, how nice all the other interviewees were!!"
"Loved the way magistral courses and A.P.P (learning method based on problem solving) were mixed + informatic material."
"students seem to have a lot of fun in medicine and one of the teachers that talked to us was particularly interesting and funny. "
"Very dynamic students, fun social life. The school seems very supportive of its students. "
"The students were very friendly and helpful. "
"The high level of professionalism among interviewers and students. Classroom facilities are great. Friendly, helpful and encouraging students."
"The APP classrooms"
"Students were laid back"
"The friendlyness of EVERYBODY."
"everyone was very fiendly "
"Students seemed happy."
"It isn't the best looking school, and the location isn't the greatest either."
"School was quite old."
"the faculty is not very nice looking, especially the library."
"ethic questions during my interview"
"Nothing."
"Nothing"
"Classrooms were old"
"Wait time between the group and individual interview."
"it wa s a very long day...from 10 am till 4 pm....."
"The interviewers were the spawn of Satan."
"That the whole process would be so relaxed!"
"5 years to get a MD degree instead of 4 years."
"There is a new campus in Trois-Rivières and once the spaces in Montreal are filled, applicants are offered to go there instead."
"University of Montreal students ranked #1 consistenly in past years for Canada exam or something like that"
"read some articles about medical ethic"
"Nothing. I did lots of research ahead of time and knew pretty much what I was getting into."
"Nothing"
"That the APP system is used heavily"
"That I had to write a "CV" on the spot."
"I told them i like genetics so they asked me VERY specific genetic questions...i shouldn't have mentioned that..."
"UofM consistently ranked first in the Canadian Medical Certification Exams."
"There was one group interview (where you discuss in a group different ethical questions). Advice: Speak up in the group at least three times per question. The second was a personal interview with 2 interviewers. My personal interview was very relaxed."
"There were a lot of stress, interview seemed subjective."
"i was expecting a longer interview and deeper questions, so i was a bit disappointed. the interviewers were nice and asked very general questions, nothing tricky. "
"Overall it was a stressful but good day, very motivating. There was a little too much waiting around between the group interview and the individual interview."
"First interview was in group, lasted 30 mins and had three questions of various topics - for me, education, health and politics. It was rather relaxed, except for the fact that 4 doctors are eyeing your every move. After a long wait, the second interview took place, two on one. Don't believe what everyone says about the interviewers being the spawns of hell; I'm from McGill, and they were super nice. They just wanted to know more about me and if I'm truly qualified to be a GOOD doctor."
"Overall, it was okay! I hope I knew I would have had some ethic questions though! I was pretty surprised of the kind of questions I was asked for... But, just be yourself and everything is going to go greatly!"
"My group interview went smoothly, but it's hard to tell how everyone did. I'm not sure exactly how they evaluate us. My one-on-one was tough. Interviewers are pros and will look for gaps or possible inconsistencies in your answers. They will challenge you to see if you will slip up. Gotta know your stuff and be well-prepared and very transparent."
"In general, it was a good experience because it shows a lot about yourself in terms of stress, rapidity in answering questions and getting used to new people in a couple of minutes"
"i went in there thinking it would be the most horrible experience because of what i had heard in the past, but i was pleasantly surprised."
"They only gave me a ten minute individual interview. They tried to challenge me but seemed happy with my answers. However, they only interviewed me for ten minutes!"
"The day was great, interviewers, students and fellow interviewees were simply fantastic beings... Thus group (8) interview on topics that made recent headlines (45 min). Personal interview (45 min) 2 Physicians, one male/female. Questions mostly about my "CV"."
"it was a good experience...their's a group interview before the personal interview and it's not that bad...we just discussed general topics such as violence in sports or UN role in regional conflicts...it was my first interview so i did not know what to expect but i guess it was not that bad....what i haet most is to wait after the interview....for good result hopefully"
"I was sad."
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 13 |
| Faculty member | 0 |
| Admissions staff | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 6 |
| Neutral | 1 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.57 | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 6 |
| Out of state | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 4 |
| 2-3 hours | 0 |
| 4-6 hours | 0 |
| 7+ hours | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 2 |
| Automobile | 2 |
| Train or subway | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 0 |
| $101-$200 | 0 |
| $201-$300 | 1 |
| $301-$400 | 0 |
| $401-$500 | 0 |
| $501+ | 1 |
YUL
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 0 |
| Hotel | 1 |
| Home | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
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| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.86 | 7 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.29 | 7 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.29 | 7 |
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