abcwxyz Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 So, I guess people are being interviewed right at this moment. How have your interviews gone? What were your impressions of the interview and the writing assignment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellosc Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 was it me or was it really short? two interviewers in a small room...the writing sample went by fast...pen and paper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjey Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 pen and paper darn, they're going to have a tough time reading my writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homm_town11 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 two essential questions: 1) do they supply the pen? 2) do you get to keep the pen afterwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellosc Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 ya they give you a pen and you can take it if you want.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supafield Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 was it me or was it really short? two interviewers in a small room...the writing sample went by fast...pen and paper I think with all those extra interviews they've shortened them from last year and compared to other schools... that combined with the a relatively stressful situation your in I imagine your concept of time may get thrown off.... Good luck however..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homm_town11 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 ya they give you a pen and you can take it if you want.... hahah i was kidding but good to know, then atleast if i dont get in, i can tell people i did and show them the pen as proof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellosc Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 the pen...is a normal bic pen...it's not a special queen's med pen...which sucks it was really windy and rainy today...soooooo....i got wet...soooo maybe check the weather... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcwxyz Posted February 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 The writing thing... anything to worry about? What do you mean by short? 25 30 mins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellosc Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 the writing sample thing is 15 minutes...it's pretty general...no surprises at all...you sign a confidential agreement my interview was like...25-30 minutes...although the email says it should be 40 minutes...i dunno...there are only standardized questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smile Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 two essential questions:1) do they supply the pen? 2) do you get to keep the pen afterwards? instant classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THX Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 only standardized questions? What a bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itimebomb2 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 so they never took an answer you gave and then spin off another question from it, say to elaborate on your previous experiences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I'd love to see how they're going to differentiate between... what is it, 750 interviewees, if they're just using standard questions and a 15 minute writing sample. Perhaps your interviewers just hadn't warmed up yet. Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellosc Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 maybe...im not sure...all i got was a standardized set of questions...they even gave me a booklet with all the questions they were asking... so...i held the booklet...and they told me to flip the page after each answer i gave and they went on to read the next question.... man...i feel like this interview made me so sad... anyone else interview today? can you tell me if this is the same for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 maybe...im not sure...all i got was a standardized set of questions...they even gave me a booklet with all the questions they were asking... so...i held the booklet...and they told me to flip the page after each answer i gave and they went on to read the next question.... man...i feel like this interview made me so sad... Maybe you did better than you thought you did. I have heard Queen's interviews were rather enjoyable before this, and am a bit surprised by the negativity people are feeling about them. Something change here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THX Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 maybe...im not sure...all i got was a standardized set of questions...they even gave me a booklet with all the questions they were asking... so...i held the booklet...and they told me to flip the page after each answer i gave and they went on to read the next question.... man...i feel like this interview made me so sad... anyone else interview today? can you tell me if this is the same for you? They gave you a booklet? That's so weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I spoke to Jochi here at queen's, she said that it was pretty short, and she got no questions from her sketch. Only standardized questions. So don't feel bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I love to see how they can differentiate between us. This actually just proved that its hit or miss. You either have what they're looking for or you don't. The cutoff that is worse than both mcat and gpa combined..here we have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supafield Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I love to see how they can differentiate between us. This actually just proved that its hit or miss. You either have what they're looking for or you don't. The cutoff that is worse than both mcat and gpa combined..here we have it. Lol, maybe we should wait for a few more people to post before we jump to conclusions? However, it does sound a little difficult to differentiate one's self in the conditions explained by hellosc.... Then again, you'd probably need an interviewers opinion to get a true idea.... Maybe we're more transparent then we believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Lol, maybe we should wait for a few more people to post before we jump to conclusions? However, it does sound a little difficult to differentiate one's self in the conditions explained by hellosc.... Then again, you'd probably need an interviewers opinion to get a true idea.... Maybe we're more transparent then we believe. Well if they are looking at standardized questions, then they are looking at specific traits. Which is OK, obviously you need specific traits to be a physician. But when you have 5 questions and you have a short amount of time, then they are looking at a specific subset of these traits. If you don't have an answer to a question because you cant think of an example, or even a good one, you can't make it up later by talking about something else. So you either have had a meaningful experience that you can use in the question, or you didn't and you're not in good shape given the odds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supafield Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Fair enough, then my fingers are crossed that I'll have good examples for what they're looking for..... and consequently I may be a little more liberal about taking time to answer a question if I know each question is so integrally important to my evaluation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellosc Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 i don't think you can write in the booklet...because you have to leave it behind after the interview...im assuming the next interviewee is going to use the same booklet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itimebomb2 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Were they fairly typical medical school interview questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THX Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I guess I need to prep my answers if they are going the standardized route. Were you guys with ethics/healthcare or just the typical 'tell me about an experience where...'. I'm guess they are going with the latter if they are doing behavioral interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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