Common Interview Questions
面试
健康 professional programs normally conduct interviews with prospective students. These interviews normally take place in the year prior to entry to a program. 下面 are questions that you should review and practice answering with a friend or mentor.
Common Interview Questions
Open Ended Questions:
- Tell me about yourself.
- What are your goals?
- There are hundreds if not thousands of applicants, why should we choose you?
- Why would you make a good doctor, 牙医、兽医等.
- What things have you done to convince yourself that you will enjoy being a doctor, 牙医、兽医等.
Medically Related Questions:
- What are the pros and cons to our health-care system?
- If you had the power, what changes would you make to our health-care system?
- What is your opinion of HMOs and PPOs?
- Should doctors be allowed to `pull the plug' on terminally ill patients?
学者:
- Why did you choose your present course of studies?
- Can you convince me that you can cope with the workload in medical school?
- Do you engage in self-directed learning?
- Tell me about your research.
Social Skills or Interests:
- 给 evidence that you relate well with others.
- 给 an example of a leadership role you have assumed.
- Have you done any volunteer work?
Stress-Type Questions:
- What was the most stressful event in your life?
- The night before your final exam, your father has a heart-attack and is admitted to 一个医院. 你是做什么的??
Questions on Problem Situations:
- A 68 year-old married woman has a newly discovered cancer. Her life expectancy is 6个月. How would you inform her?
- A 34 year-old man presents with AIDS and tells you, as his physician, that he does not want to tell his wife. 你会怎么做??
- You are taking a final exam and notice there is a student cheating. 你会怎么做? do?
Personality-Oriented Questions:
- If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
- What is the most important event that has occurred to you in the last five years?
- If you had three magical wishes, what would they be?
- What are your best attributes and your greatest fault?
Miscellaneous Questions:
- Should the federal government reinstate the death penalty?
- What do you expect to be doing 10 years from now?
- Why do you want to attend our institution?
Concluding Questions:
- 你会怎么做? if you were not accepted to a medical school?
- How do you think you did in this interview?
- Do you have any questions?
For medical school interviews, visit The Student Doctor Network, which provides applicant feedback from medical school interview experiences at specific
学校.