Interview Questions

  • Tell me about yourself.
  • What do you like about my program?
  • Why do you want to go into ______ specialty?
  • Did you take any breaks during medical school?
  • What are your career plans?
  • Why do you want to move to another city?
  • How do you feel about the practice of medicine today?
  • What do you hope to gain from our residency program?
  • What will you / can you bring to our program?
  • Describe your research project?
  • Do you plan on research as being a part of your career?
  • Tell me something about you that is not on your CV.
  • How would your friends describe you?
  • What are your strengths/weaknesses?
  • Describe the best/worst incident that you encountered in your medical school career.
  • What are some of your hobbies?
  • Why should we choose you?
  • If you cannot become a physician, what would you do?
  • Tell me about a medical dilemma that you have dealt with.