Interview questions asked by residency programs

Interview questions asked by residency programs

• Why do you wish to join our residency program?
• What are your strengths and weaknesses?
• Where do you see yourself in ten years, after your residency?
• Do you have a standard ECFMG certificate?
• Do you have any medical research experience?
• What made you join medicine?
• From your CV, I notice that you are a foreign medical graduate. Why did you leave your country? Why did you decide to come to America?
• What made you choose this residency specialty (Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Family practice, OB/GYN, Anesthesiology etc.)?
• Why did you choose this fellowship (Cardiology, GI etc.)?
• What were your USMLE scores?
• If you were asked to describe yourself in 3 words, what would they be?
• In your Curriculum Vitae (CV), there is a gap of 1 year. Why?
• How many residency interviews have you completed so far?
• As an international medical graduate (IMG), what differences do you see between the health care delivery systems of your country and America?
• What is your medical career plan?
• What do you do in your spare time?
• Have you completed all ECFMG requirements, to start a residency?
• What are your interests?
• Are you applying to any other residency specialty?
• How do you handle adversity?
• Why are your USMLE scores low?
• As an International medical graduate, what is your opinion about socialized health care?
• What is your most memorable patient encounter?
• Which residency programs have you interviewed at?
• Tell me about an interesting case you have seen?
• Tell me about yourself.
• Did you take any course to write the USMLE & CSA exams?
• What were your scores in your residency in-service exams?
• From your CV, I see that you are a foreign medical graduate. How well do you see yourself adapting to the American health system.