YorkMan Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 do most people feel like they can speak for 8 minutes straight? Even on a subject I am knowledgeable/comfortable with, I don't think I can speak for 8 minutes straight... is it a conversation at all? or do the people not say much?... I was talking to a prof today who has ran a station in the past, and he said that they are instructed to not really say anything (i.e. don't ask follow-up questions / have a conversation), but just to read the question, and be a pair of ears to keep it as standardized as possible... is this true - anyone who has done the MMI in the past? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroratio Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Yeah, that's true. They won't be very talkative at all, otherwise it wouldn't be fair for other interviewees. They usually have a standard set of questions to ask you, when you finish what you have to say. After that, it's silence until the bell goes off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWOsw Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 At my last interviews (at NOSM), I would respond the best I could for question at hand. Once it seemed I was at the end of my own natural road, the interviewers did have a set of prompt questions they could ask to either clarify, challenge, probe, gather more information or let you know you might have went down the wrong path. I would say, none of them were talkative, however all of them were responsive and assisted me well with prompts when I needed - almost like a dialogue. Although, I must say -- I bet you will surprise yourself with how much you can say in this type of set up and how fast 8 mins can go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler582 Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 This is a topic I'm interested in to. In previous years I treated it as a situation where I wasn't supposed to expect much back from the interviewer. I think this probably hurt my performance in retrospect and I'm going to try and make it more personal this year. At the U of MB they changed admissions staff this year and during the interview orientation the other day the lady said that it's actually supposed to flow like a lively conversation. I was surprised at this. You didn't say which school you're interviewing at. I would assume that makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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