101 Medical School Interview Practice Questions
- Tell me about yourself ?
- What do you feel is the purpose of Medical School?
- Tell me about why you are interested in this program.
- Describe your style of communicating and interacting with others. Give an example of a situation in which you had to utilize effective interpersonal skills.
- Describe a situation in which you were dependable or demonstrated initiative. One in which you were not as dependable as you would have liked.
- What experiences have you had working with diverse populations?
- How do you handle stress?
- From what you understand of medical school, what part of the program will be most difficult for you?
- If you were a cookie, what cookie would you be?
- Describe how you can effectively deal with someone in crisis.
- What was your favorite college course and why?
- What do you hope to gain from this experience?
- Describe your style of communicating and interacting with others.
- Tell me about a time when you demonstrated initiative.
- Tell me about a time when you faced a conflict or anger with another individual.
- Tell me about a time when you were criticized unfairly.
- Tell me about a time when you failed.
- How do you handle failure?
- Tell me about a time when you’ve been disappointed in a teammate or fellow group member. What happened? How did you approach the situation?
- Describe a situation in which you have worked with a diverse group of people. What did you learn from that situation?
- How do you handle change?
- How do you go about making important decisions?
- If you could start your college career all over again, what would you do differently?
- What were your most memorable accomplishments in your college career?
- What does the word “success” mean to you?
- What attracted you to this program?
- What do you do when you are not at work or school?
- How would your teammates describe you? How would your professors describe you?
- If we contacted your references now, what do you think they would say about you?
- If you could change one aspect of your personality with a snap of your fingers, what would you change?
- In what course did you get the worst grades? Why?
- What two things would you consider your greatest strengths?
- What two things would you consider your greatest weaknesses?
- What else do you want us to know about you before you leave today?
- Who would you say has been the most influential person in the last one-hundred years?
- Why do you want to be a doctor?
- What do you do in your spare time?
- What are your specific goals in medicine?
- What stimulated your interest in medicine?
- What do you think about HMO’s and the changes taking place in medicine?
- What schools have you applied to?
- What do you intend to gain from a medical education?
- What do you think about euthanasia?
- Why do you think so many people want to be doctors?
- Do you think a physician should tell a patient he/she has eight months to live?
- There are 1,000 applicants as qualified as you. Why should we pick you?
- What steps have you taken to acquaint yourself with what a physician does?
- How would your plans differ if you knew that all physicians would be working in HMO’s in the future?
- What do you think is the most pressing issue in medicine today?
- What will you do if you don’t get into medical school ?
- If you discovered a classmate cheating, what would you do?
- Tell me about your family. How do they feel about your decision to attend medical school?
- What do you think about American primary health care delivery (i.e., status quo, total private systems, national health insurance)?
- What is the biggest problem in the world today?
- What impact do you want to have on the medical profession?
- How do you plan to pay for your education?
- Why do you want to become a physician?
- Why did you choose medicine instead of another healthcare profession?
- What experiences confirmed that medicine is the right career for you?
- What do you think is the most rewarding aspect of being a physician?
- What do you think will be the most challenging aspect of being a physician?
- What qualities do you believe make a great physician?
- Which quality of a good physician do you think you need to develop further?
- What does empathy mean to you, and why is it important in medicine?
- Tell us about a time when you demonstrated compassion toward someone else.
- Tell us about a time when you had to work with someone who was difficult to work with.
- Tell us about a time when you experienced conflict within a team. How did you handle it?
- What role do you typically take when working in a team?
- Tell us about a time when you demonstrated leadership.
- What does effective leadership mean to you?
- Tell us about a time when you failed. What did you learn from the experience?
- How do you handle criticism or constructive feedback?
- Tell us about a time when you changed your opinion because of someone else's perspective.
- How do you manage stress and maintain balance in your life?
- How do you prioritize your responsibilities when you have multiple deadlines?
- Tell us about a time when you had to make a difficult decision.
- Tell us about a time when you had to adapt to an unexpected situation.
- What is one accomplishment that you are particularly proud of?
- What is something you wish you had done differently during college?
- What is your greatest weakness, and what are you doing to improve it?
- What is your greatest strength, and how will it help you as a physician?
- How have your extracurricular activities prepared you for medical school?
- What have you learned from your clinical or healthcare experiences?
- What have you learned from working with patients?
- Tell us about a meaningful interaction you had with a patient.
- What did you learn from shadowing a physician?
- What role do you think technology and artificial intelligence should play in healthcare?
- How do you think social media affects the medical profession?
- What do you think is the biggest challenge facing healthcare in the United States?
- How would you address healthcare disparities in underserved communities?
- What can physicians do to improve access to healthcare?
- What does cultural competence mean to you?
- How would you care for a patient whose beliefs differ significantly from your own?
- What does diversity mean to you, and why is it important in medicine?
- How would you respond if a patient refused a treatment that you believed was necessary?
- What would you do if you saw another medical student cheating?
- What would you do if you made a mistake while caring for a patient?
- Should physicians ever refuse to treat a patient?
- What are your thoughts on physician-assisted dying?
- How should physicians balance patient autonomy with their responsibility to provide appropriate care?
- What role should preventive medicine play in healthcare?