Research Questions

[loving_medicine]

Hi carms alumni, I was just wondering what kind of questions they ask regarding your previous research. I have done quite a few, and do they just pick and choose one to ask you about usuallyÉ

 

Thanks!

[Lactic Folly]

Yes, most of the time they referred to my application and asked me to talk briefly about a research project whose title they presumably found most interesting. There was one program that asked a couple more questions to test my understanding of the project, but it was also a stress-style interview overall. Note: if you are applying to a more research-focused program/specialty (like Clinician Investigator), or you are selling yourself as a future academic researcher, you should expect a more thorough level of questioning.

[loving_medicine]

Thanks Lactic Folly. So I guess the general rule is to just mostly know what the research project is about.

[blinknoodle]

A good rule of thumb is to know everything you stick on your application. I had reasonably low-stress interviews and I got asked questions from all over my application, even some less-prominent ECs. Re: research, I found my questions were usually spurred by their own interests, and the questions could be very broad or insanely specific, depending on how familiar they were with the area.