Q: You spot a colleague cheating during an exam--what to do?

[Guest Kirsteen]

Hi there,

 

I was reviewing possible interview questions yesterday and came across this little beezer. It's one of those questions that, when I heard it, made my shoulders hunch, nose wrinkle, and say, "Eeek!". Although I couldn't fit all of the question details into the title, it was couched in terms of a medical school colleague cheating on their exam. I figured I'd bring it up here for practise.

 

Cheers,

Kirsteen

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<title>Mock Question: single greatest characteristic</title>

<pagetext>What is the single greatest personality characteristic a physician should posess?

 

 

 

 

I was thinking "empathy", but here's what my sister wrote:

 

Knowledge and compassion. They are too related to pick just one, Without one, the other is basically useless I think. They are both equal and complementary to each other. Compassion you innately express, and knowledge

is what you seek.....(more that is, coz you do have some already =)

 

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p.s. the more responses the better

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<pagetext>I was in an MSc in Biochemistry program for 2 years. I recently withdrew from the program for many reasons, though mainly because I had been working at a project that had gone nowhere. My supervisor and I mutually decided for me to terminate that project and start a new one. Thus, I would be strting over from scratch. I decided not to continue out of frustration and a general learned dislike for research.

 

How am I going to explain this in my interview? I would like to put a positive spin on an otherwise negative event in my life.

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