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Hey everyone!
Good evening!
It is Monday night and it is officially interview season.
I have two interviews coming up this week.
One is gonna be at my home institution and the second on Thursday is going to be at a
different hospital... it's going to be in Brooklyn.
I've been just kinda thinking about all the interview questions and how to prep for them
and I thought I might make a vlog out of it so I wanted to bring you guys along the journey
and let you guys know how I'm prepping and what I'm gonna be wearing and things like
that.
So in terms of how I'm prepping.
I sort of looked at the questions that are floating around online.
Some of the common questions that they ask in residency interviews.
And you can find the list pretty easily.
The question of whether these questions will actually be asked will really depend on the
program.
And you know, it's impossible to be perfectly prepared going into an interview.
I think there is always a component of the unexpected and something that you really didn't
prepare for but I think the ultimate goal of these interviews, at least for residencies
and probably for medical school as well is for the programs to get to know you.
And not just get to know you but get to know beyond the numbers say in your applications
and what your CV says or what your resume says.
I think, in my opinion, I think that is the main purpose of these interviews.
So I'm kinda going into it with the attitude of I just want them to get to know who I am
as a person.
I think that takes a lot of the pressure off of this whole process.
It's always helpful to go through this process with a friend.
So I am pairing with my friend Dania, who is also going into Emergency Medicine.
So we're sort of bouncing questions off of each other and trying to prepare together.
That way you don't feel so alone.
So that's today for me.
In terms of outfits.
I have really just one outfit.
I really just wanted to find one outfit that works and just stick with it and not try to
experiment too much.
If you guys look at my closet, I really have like really neutral, similar color shirts.
Here are all my whites, I have the stripes, whites, beige, and some of the blushed pink,
light blue slash light grey, this is a rare color, navy and black.
That's really how I prefer my tops to be: neutral.
So I don't really have to think about it that much.
And when it comes to bottoms.
I really just have dark color pants.
That's just my personal preference.
I think when it comes to interview outfits.
There are many opportunities in life to stand out with your clothes and make a statement
about who you are with fashion.
I think the interview is not the time to do that.
At least my personal opinion is to not be recognized by your clothes at the interview.
Because if someone remembers you by your clothes, they're not thinking about all the great things
that you said about yourself and your experiences in your CV.
So I think, at least for medical school and for residency interviews, it's perfectly fine
to just blend in and wear that black suit or that navy suit and have it be totally unimpressive.
I think that's the safe way to go, to be honest.
So I'm gonna be wearing....may be I'll show you guys wearing it.
So this is outfit number 1 or what I'm thinking about wearing.
With a black pencil shirt and it's long enough to come a little below my knees.
It could probably be at my knees and still be okay.
I'm more comfortable with slightly longer lengths.
And this is just a blazer not a set.
I think the problem with this outfit actually is that this skirt is on the longer side and
the blazer is on the longer side so I don't think that it quite looks like suit.
I think it just kinda looks like I'm wearing a longer blazer over a blouse and a shirt.
So I think I'm gonna try on outfit number 2.
So this is outfit number 2.
And I think I feel much comfortable in this outfit.
I'm wearing basically ankle pants I think they're from Anne Taylor and the same blazer
and the same blouse.
The blouse is from J. Crew from a while ago and I think the blazer is from Calvin Klein,
which is also from a while ago.
I do feel more comfortable in a pant suit than a skirt.
And I think the longer length of the blazer still works.
So I think this outfit is the one that I'm going to go with.
This is actually the same outfit that I wore for the interview that I had during my away
rotation in August.
I think it works.
If I want to switch it up, I'll probably wear a different blouse.
I would probably stick with something neutral like light grey, or light pink, or beige or
something like that.
This is going to be my outfit tomorrow.
Alright, so I'm gonna continue prepping for my interview questions and I will check in
with you guys a little later.
Hey guys so it's about 10:30 or 10:40 right now.
And I just finished preparing for my interview tomorrow.
I think I'm going to bed soon.
The best thing I can do right now even though I'm really nervous about it is for me to just
get a good night's sleep and wake up early enough, get ready, and get to my interview
on time.
So I'm gonna head to bed.
I'll check in with you guys tomorrow morning if I have time if not, I'll check in with
you guys tomorrow after my interview.
I think that it went pretty well.
I had an answer for all the questions and I think that's really all you can hope for.
In my head I was imagining a time where they'd ask me a question and I literally have nothing
to say and my mind would go blank and that was kind of my fear/fear situation.
But that didn't happen.
So that's good.
I'm really happy that that's done and that it's behind me and it's just one of the interviews
that I can cross off my list.
And then I can just go on and focus on my other interviews that are coming up.
So I just got home.
I'm gonna change.
I'm gonna...
I think what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna print out a calendar of all my interviews that are
coming up because there is a bunch that's coming up in the next month or so.
So I wanna have like a physical calendar with me so that I get new interview invitation
I can know exactly what days I'm free.
I think I'm gonna do that.
Then I might take a nap cause it was kind of mentally draining to answer questions and
have everyone evaluate you the whole day.
I'm gonna take a nap and maybe do some other stuff.
Maybe prep for my interview that's coming in two days.
So that's what I'm gonna be doing for the rest of the day.
Okay so this is what I ended up doing.
So I printed out my google calendar so that I can keep track of all my interview dates.
What ends up happening is you get your interview invites from your e-mail and a lot of the
times, I'm either at the hospital or doing something else.
So I open the e-mail, because these residency interviews tend to be very competitive, you
have to sign up for an interview date right away.
Otherwise they can run out of space and you have to be on the waitlist.
Something that ends up happening is you're on your phone and you're checking the calendar
of when you're free or when you're not free.
You end up kind of switching between the two apps back and forth so you're checking your
calendar but you're also checking the interview dates that are offered so doing that can kind
of waste your time.
I decided that the best way to do is to print out an actual physical calendar.
So of course everything is on my Gmail.
So I printed out my Gmail calendar for the month of October, November and December.
So that I can have it with me at all times.
So when an interview invite comes in, I can quickly take a look and see what dates are
free and I can sign up for the interview.
I don't remember having to do this for medical school interviews because I think they offer
you a date (I think) I don't think you have to sign up for available spots.
Maybe it's changed since last time I applied to med school.
For residency interviews, those spots get filled up really, really fast.
I know I'm on at least one wait list to find an interview date.
So I have to act fast.
So I think these paper calendars will come in really handy.
You can also use a physical monthly calendar.
I think for this purpose, a monthly view is like the best view of your month, rather than
a weekly view which is what I normally prefer.
So that's what I've been working on.
Kind of getting my schedule together, making sure all the interview dates are solid and
confirmed.
And I'm also read a little about the program that I'm gonna be interviewing at on Thursday
so that was my day.
So let me know if you guys find this whole interview process interesting.
I know that as I go further into my medical training, I know that a lot of you aren't
even studying medicine or aren't really interested in doing that so I don't know if this is interesting
or useful or applicable to a lot of you but if you guys find it interesting, I can try
to film more of these throughout my interview dates that are coming up for the next couple
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So let me know what you guys wanna see and if you guys have any questions about the whole
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Thank you guys so much for watching the vlog.
I hope you guys enjoyed it.
Let me know if you guys are interested in seeing more of my interview process and I
will try to film more of it in the next couple months.
Thank you guys again for watching and I will see you guys in the next video.
BYE!