Medical Residency Typical Interview Questions 1. "Why do do you want want to go go into into interna internall medicine medicine?" ?" I chose medicine because I lie the intricacy o! diseases states all interacting with each other. other. I dont lie to memori#e$ but I lie to understand. It is what I learned in medical school and I want to be able to use and apply what I have learned. %. "What are are your ultimate ultimate career plans? &re &re you planning planning on a subspecialty? subspecialty? What 'eld?" ()ote that it is per!ectly acceptable to say *I don*t now* to this +uestion. &n interest in a subspecialty is not mandatory. Internal medicine is a broad area$ and not nowing what you want to do be!ore you have started training is certainly reasonable. This +uestion is to get an idea o! your area o! interest and whether or not you may be heading in a certain career direction. direction. It is also 'ne to have more than one subspecialty in mind. mind . I want to have the option to speciali#e$ I do lie some specialties$ but 'rst I would lie to establish a strong !oundation o! medicine. I do 'nd most specialties in medicine to be interesting and I dont want to limit mysel! ,ust !or one specialty and limit my e-posureinterest in the other great 'elds that are available. /. "Where "Where do you you see yoursel yoursel!! in 've years? years? ten ten years?" years?" 0ive years i! Im not doing a !ellowship$ I would lie to establishing mysel! in a community communit y. I would lie to put in the !ramewor to establish my own practice. I would lie to learn the ins and outs that are not taught in residency$ lie getting 'rst hand e-perience in the administrative procedures by ,oining a pre2e-isting practice. I would lie to give continuing education tals. 3. "4ow do you !eel about the practice o! medicine today? What about its !uture? (i.e. malpractice$ insurance$ reimbursements$ etc.5" 6. "What is your biggest !ear in the realm realm o! medicine?" (or (or +uestions concerning concerning the state o! medicine in general5 7. "Why do you you want want to come come to to this this progra program?" m?" 8. "What "What maes maes this progra program m appealing appealingspec special ial to you?" you?" 9. "What "What do you hope to gain gain !rom !rom our residen residency cy program? program?"" :. "Why shoul should d we want want you to come come to our program? program?"" 1;."What will youcan you bring to our program?" & +uestions rior patient care e-perience e-perience I always made sure I added at the end @I hope you !eel betterA I wor well with others during my sub2I$ I was able to integrate mysel! with the team and operate as an intern. 11."BrieCy describe your student research pro,ect." (i! applicable5 1%."Do you plan on research as being a part o! your career?" 1/."Tell me something about you that is not on you EF." 13."Give me some one2word descripto descriptors rs o! yoursel!." 16."What are some o! your strengthsweanesses strengthsweanesses?" ?" >panish I !eel I can communicate basically and as my +uestions$ but I thin I can be bac to my college speaing levels. Reading ,ournal articles I !eel I need to 'nd a !ew ,ournal articles and read more o! them$ not ,ust the te-tboos anymore and articles !or when I do searches to loo up in!ormation. in!ormation. I have downloaded an app app called Docphin$ and and I 'nd I have access to all o! these ,ournals by using my ipadiphone. 17."Tell me about your hometowncollegemedical school." 18."Why did you choose the collegemedical school that you attended?" 19."Describe the bestworst incident that you encountered in your medical school career." •
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1:."Who is your role model? Why?" %;."What are some o! your hobbiesintereste-tra2curricular activities?" %1."What is the most recent boo you*ve read? Tell me a little bit about this boo." %%.We have many good applicants. Why should we choose you? %/.Why did you choose to apply to this program? %3.What would you lie to now about our program? Tell me about the success o! your applicants and how getting a residency at this institution has helped them succeed. Tell me what changes you have incorporated into this program and what have you gained !rom these changes and why were these changes made? %6.What do you !eel you could add to our program? %7.What have you learned about yoursel! !rom previous ,obs? %8.4ow do I now you can show initiative and are willing to wor? %9.What are your interests outside o! medicine? %:.What would you say are your ma,or strengths? Weanesses? /;.Why did you choose this specialty? /1.Tell me about your medical education. /%.Tell me about your previous clinical e-perience in (specialty name5. //.Why are you so sure (specialty5 is right !or you? /3.Tell me about your e-perience with the H>M< e-am(s5? (i! candidate has so2so score(s5 or !ailed attempts5 /6.4ave you ever wored in an IEH (or other unit common to the specialty5? /7.4ave you ever wored in an &merican hospital? Tell me about that e-perience. /8.4ow do you get along with nurses? /9.4ave you ever taught medical students? /:.Do you have any publications? 3;.&re you interested in research activity? lease elaborate. 31.4ave you ever made any presentations be!ore a pro!essional group? 3%.4ave you assisted in surgery? Jn what procedures? Tell me how you were involved. What are your long term goals? 3/.Tell me about yoursel!. 33.Where do you see yoursel! in 1; years* time? 36.What are you looing !or in a training program? >upervised autonomy Teaching that promotes learning and in a non2malignant way 37.Do you have any +uestions about our program? 38.What boos have you read lately? Tell me about (boo$ article5. 39.Do you plan to practice in (program*s area or state5? 3:.Tell me about the latest treatment !or KKKK (a common disease treated by the specialty5. (This is o!ten called "pumping an applicant" and is not as common as it once was.5 6;.4ow would you describe your decision2maing style? 61.Describe the most diLcult decision you have ever had to mae. 4ow did you go about it? 6%.Describe the worst or most disappointing clinical e-perience you*ve had so !ar. 6/.What will you do i! you don*t match in (specialty5? 63.To what other (programs or specialty areas5 have you applied? 66.What is your visa status? H> citi#en with all H> clinical e-perience 67.Describe a diLcult time in your li!e and how you dealt with it. 68.Do you have any belie!s or convictions that might inter!ere with your willingness to deal with the ind o! clinical situations you are liely to be presented with in residency training? (Hsually ased i! program director !ears religious belie!s may prevent applicant !rom per!orming abortions$ birth control$ etc.5 69.What do you do to cope with stress? Eooing •
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6:.4ave you taen any EM courses? I! not$ why not? (ased to measure applicant*s initiative in seeing e-posure to H>2style o! health care delivery5 7;.4ave you held any leadership roles? laborate. 71.What !actors would lead you to ran a program very highly? &ccess to !ellowships and supervised autonomy 7%.What !actors would lead you to lower your raning o! a program? •
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7/.What ind o! personality traits do you 'nd most diLcult to deal with in coworers? )arcisistic and people who tae shortcuts and do the bare minimum. 73.What challenges do you !oresee that will potentially aect this specialty in the ne-t ten years? 76.What ind o! patient do you 'nd it most diLcult to relate to? What tactics would you use to establish optimal rapport with such a patient? •
