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Typical Residency Interview Questions
When you enter your interview, you may be faced with any number or type of residency interview questions. Be prepared for anything! Be sure you fully research each program at which you are interviewing, familiarize yourself with each person with whom you will interview and address them by name, listen well and think before you answer. Remember the interview is an exchange of information between two people – remain an active participant in the process. The types of questions that may not be asked are: What are your plans for a family? Are you married? Do you have children? How old are you? If we offered you a position today would you accept?
The following are a sample of questions you may encounter during an interview for a residency position.
Most Likely:
Why are you interested in this specialty?
Tell me about yourself.
Yes or No Questions for which you should always answer more than yes or no:
Do you have any questions?
Can you think of anything else you would like to add?
Do you have research interests?
Do you have plans to pursue fellowship training?
Unusual Questions you may encounter (there are no innocent questions!):
How are you today?
Tell me a story about yourself that best describes you.
If you were going to die in five minutes, what would you tell someone about yourself?
Tell me about your adolescence.
What one thing do you want conveyed to the residency committee?
What is your pet peeve?
If you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be?
What is the strangest Halloween costume you ever wore?
Which is more important, knowledge or imagination?
If you had unlimited money and two free hours, what would you do?
If your house was burning, what three objects would you save?
How would your friends and coworkers describe you?
What physician characteristics do you admire most? Least?
What do you do in your spare time?
What is the most bizarre thing you have ever done (or did in high school or in college)?
What do you like to read?
When are you least efficient and effective?
How do you handle interruptions when you are busy?
What makes you procrastinate?
Have you ever been fired?
Have you ever dropped a class?
If you couldn’t be a physician, what would you be?
With what types of people do you have trouble working?
Have you ever challenged a teacher in class or a supervisor, resident, or attending physician at work? What were the circumstances?
Why should we take you in preference to other candidates?
How do you see the delivery of health care evolving in the twenty-first century?
What is the solution to the health care crisis?
What would you do if you saw another resident or physician snorting cocaine at a nightclub?
What do you think of hospitals that refuse admission to patients without insurance?
Why are manhole covers round?
Tell me a joke.
Teach me something non-medical in five minutes.
Remember, the interview is the most crucial step of the residency application process. Your skill during the interview will determine whether or not you are offered a position in a residency program. Successful interviewing takes a lot of preparation. Be prepared and you will succeed!
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