Congratulations!!!

You have made it to your desired medical school interview. You have finally created a compelling impact on the medical schools which is why they want to meet you in person and see if you are a good fit.

Now that you have reached a milestone, it is time to conquer many more by getting into the medical school of your dreams. And for that, we need to bookmark this article for later.

Our guide for medical school interview preparation covers a wide range of topics including some common questions, preparation advice and much more.

Details and Advice

Medical school interviews are the final step of the admission application process. Once you are done with the MCAT exam and submitting your primary as well as secondary applications, you need to wait for the interview invitation from the med school. Please note, med schools have a long list of applicants that wish to get in the school. Therefore the moment you receive an interview application, do not waste any minute in responding back. Most of the med schools prefer interviewing applicants who are keen towards their admission and would leave no stone unturned in getting admission in the school. They usually believe in the ‘first come first take’ strategy. 

The process of med school admissions is hard, tedious and demanding. Most of the applicants burn out by the point they receive an interview invitation. And this is what pulls them down. No matter what you score in your MCAT, regardless of your letters of recommendations, a bad interview can break your entire application. Hence you need to take the medical school mock interview seriously.

Also, schedule your interview as early as possible. If you miss out on the timeline there are chances you run off the steam and burn out in the process. To keep your enthusiasm matured, schedule your interview in the middle of the whole process.

Common Med School Interview Questions & Answers

You can not predict the exact medical school interview questions for 2022 admissions but here are some common questions that you can expect. 

• Tell me about yourself
• Why do you want to become a doctor?
• Why do you want to attend this medical school?
• What are your expectations from a medical school?
• What makes you a good fit?
• What are your areas of interest with respect to medicine?
• What are your specialities?
• What are your weaknesses?
• What makes you stand out?
• What do you think about (any recent event)?
• What are your strengths?
• Why should we choose you?
• Where do you see yourself in the next ten years?

In order to stand out, you need to go through all of these medical school interview questions and answers really well. Apart from this also focus on evaluating your body language, practicing mouth exercises, participating in practice interviews etc. Only if you pay attention to all the above guidelines sincerely, you can easily get into your dream school.