36. What books have you read
recently?
37. Describe your research at
______________________ .
38. What is your opinion on ____________________
(major current event issues)?
39. What newspaper do you read and which
columnist do you like the best?
40. How do you cope with frustrating
situations?
41. What will you do if you are not
accepted?
42. How do you rank among the preprofessional
students at your school?
43. Have you ever worked with people, and if so
in what capacity?
44. Who has had the greatest influence on your
life?
45. What made you apply to our
school?
46. What are your weaknesses?
47. Describe your exposure to medicine at
_____________________ .
48. If you are accepted to more than one
school, how will you decide which to
attend?
49. How do you see yourself ten years from
now?
50. Why did your grades go down in your
___________________ semester?
51. Why do you want to work with people who are
ill?
52. How will you finance your education and
yourself while you are a medical
student?
53. At what point in your life did you decide
to become a physician?
54. How do you know you will be happy if you
become a physician?
55. Will the level of income affect your choice
of a specialty, and do you think
physicians are overpaid?
56. How do you feel about treating HIV positive
or AIDS patients?
57. What do you think about legalizing
medically sanctioned euthanasia?
58. What is an HMO? Would you want to be
employed by one as a physician?
59. Will the question of the likelihood of
malpractice suits affect your choice of a
specialty?
60. What makes you think you will be prepared
for medical school by the time you
graduate from college?
Atypical Interview Questions
1. What is your favorite piece of
music?
2. Do you know enough about hockey to compare
the _________________ and
the __________________ teams?
3. What would you do to improve the quality of
life in large cities?
4. Describe the difference between lactose and
glucose.
5. What movies did you see
recently?
6. If you were to have a year off, what would
you do with it?
7. What is your favorite form of
entertainment?
8. What is your opinion of socialized
medicine?
9. What do you feel are physicians' obligations
to their patients?
10. How would you respond to a patient who you
learn is terminally ill?
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