B A T M A N Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Second guessing my responses is making me lose my mind ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garlic Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 As bad as this sounds, I'm glad I'm not the only one who found a couple interviewers aloof or slightly antagonistic. I thought they must've really disliked me, since I don't recall any interviewers being so disengaged last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B A T M A N Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 That's surprising actually, I found all my interviewers to be super nice and it felt like a conversation with most of them. Can't say I experienced the same regarding the interviewers... Maybe they were having a long, hard day before you got to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46dr Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 I did have one interviewer that seemed unimpressed from the second I opened the door, but that might have been because they were trying to appear straight-faced. All my other interviewers were great, and engaged with facial expressions at the very least. This wait is way harder than I thought. I figured I would be able to put it out of my mind since now there's nothing I can do, but that's harder said than done. And it's only a few days after the second round... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplin Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 I did have one interviewer that seemed unimpressed from the second I opened the door, but that might have been because they were trying to appear straight-faced. All my other interviewers were great, and engaged with facial expressions at the very least. This wait is way harder than I thought. I figured I would be able to put it out of my mind since now there's nothing I can do, but that's harder said than done. And it's only a few days after the second round... What time slot did you guys choose? I know UBC tries to be fair, but part of the uncertainty in MMI score comes from interviewers mood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopefullll Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 What time slot did you guys choose? I know UBC tries to be fair, but part of the uncertainty in MMI score comes from interviewers mood I did have one interviewer that seemed unimpressed from the second I opened the door, but that might have been because they were trying to appear straight-faced. All my other interviewers were great, and engaged with facial expressions at the very least. This wait is way harder than I thought. I figured I would be able to put it out of my mind since now there's nothing I can do, but that's harder said than done. And it's only a few days after the second round... Were you Feb 14th afternoon by any chance? Definitely had an interviewer who was super stone-faced.. totally threw me off on that station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfs_medic Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Is it looked down upon if you summarize the prompt by actually looking at it inside the room and in front if the interviewer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Is it looked down upon if you summarize the prompt by actually looking at it inside the room and in front if the interviewer? I think it's unlikely most interviewers would care very much, as long as you still made some eye contact and were personable. I actually never understood why people summarize the scenario, though I know it's very popular. Is it just because it's a nice way to start talking and get the conversation going? (I.e. less abrupt than just jumping into your solution?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thethirdlaw Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 I think it's unlikely most interviewers would care very much, as long as you still made some eye contact and were personable. I actually never understood why people summarize the scenario, though I know it's very popular. Is it just because it's a nice way to start talking and get the conversation going? (I.e. less abrupt than just jumping into your solution?) Yeah I gave up on summarizing very quickly, it seems forced and unnatural, almost stiffens up the conversation. As for my reaction, definitely not my best work. But then again, I was waitlisted at NYU after their MMI and I thought that was a catastrophic failure... a testament to how self-appraisals of how it went are a little useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow_knight Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 I think it's unlikely most interviewers would care very much, as long as you still made some eye contact and were personable. I actually never understood why people summarize the scenario, though I know it's very popular. Is it just because it's a nice way to start talking and get the conversation going? (I.e. less abrupt than just jumping into your solution?) I always find that summarizing the prompt at the beginning gives you a few precious seconds to organize your answers and give it a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantRamen Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Everyone has their own interview style. If you repeat the prompt, it should be fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alethia Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 I'd advise against re-reading the prompt. The interviewer knows the question very well, and certainly doesn't need it read back to him/her. More importantly, by reading the question aloud, you waste precious time that could be spent answering the question. This approach can also end up sounding over-rehearsed/formulaic, which isn't a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thethirdlaw Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 I'd advise against re-reading the prompt. The interviewer knows the question very well, and certainly doesn't need it read back to him/her. More importantly, by reading the question aloud, you waste precious time that could be spent answering the question. This approach can also end up sounding over-rehearsed/formulaic, which isn't a good thing. Agreed from my end, and even if the time itself isn't as necessary to complete your answer, those 30 seconds may have allowed the interviewer to get to a follow-up prompt that deepens your answer or allows you to naturally insert a personal anecdote or provide some introspection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow_knight Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Agreed from my end, and even if the time itself isn't as necessary to complete your answer, those 30 seconds may have allowed the interviewer to get to a follow-up prompt that deepens your answer or allows you to naturally insert a personal anecdote or provide some introspection. Well obviously summarizing the prompt is not the same as re-reading the entire thing, I can summarize a long prompt in 10-15 seconds and still finish answering all the questions in a non-rehearsed way. However, that's my style, cant speak for everyone . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantRamen Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 I see where other posters are coming from and agree, but there has been stories of people completely misinterpreting the question and have been corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD.flamy Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 If the question is something like "what is your greatest success" Don't start off saying, this question is asking me what my greatest success is... go straight into: I consider my greatest success to be.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neurophiliac Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 I think you should do what feels natural to you. If you think your best response is by initiating with a summary of the question, then go ahead and do so; there is nothing wrong with that. However, if you really feel it is not necessary, then it's probably not. It's very circumstantial, too -- if the question is pretty simple, then maybe reiterating it won't help. If, instead, there are a lot of details and you feel you should maybe do a summary, then summarize the underlying issue(s). And if at any time you feel like you're not understanding a key part to the question, feel free to ask your interviewer; it is not wrong to correct your thinking process, but it would be bad to continue with a feeling of uncertainty, especially if it's about a key point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Egg Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 I see where other posters are coming from and agree, but there has been stories of people completely misinterpreting the question and have been corrected. This has happened to me in an mmi before. I went into the station and reiterated what I thought the question was, but the interviewer corrected me as I had mistakenly misread a simple part of the question. Luckily I was able to salvage the answer, but from that point on I have always made sure to reiterate the question at least briefly in order to avoid a similar mistake in all my future interviews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBCmed2be Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 This has happened to me in an mmi before. I went into the station and reiterated what I thought the question was, but the interviewer corrected me as I had mistakenly misread a simple part of the question. Luckily I was able to salvage the answer, but from that point on I have always made sure to reiterate the question at least briefly in order to avoid a similar mistake in all my future interviews Good to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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