Communities:
Dentistry /
Medicine /
Optometry /
Pharmacy /
Podiatry /
Psychology /
Rehabilitation Sciences /
Veterinary
Interview questions
From Student Doctor Network Wiki- What would you bring to this dental school?
- Do you have any hobbies?
- Why dentistry? Why not medical school?
- What have you done to show that you like dentistry?
- How would you be a good fit for our school?
- What do you have that no one else has? Does?
- What was your favorite class? Least Favorite? Why?
- When did you decide dentistry?
- What would you do if you weren’t accepted?
- Can you handle the same career for 30 years? Feelings on that?
- Did you study for the DAT?
- How did you study?
- What do you like best about dentistry?
- Have any volunteer experiance?
- What is the most difficult situation/biggest challange you have faced?
- What leadership experiance do you have?
- What problems face a dental school?
- Can you make it through school with a family?
- Do you feel that you are a competitive student?
- Do you want to specialize?
- What is the most prevalent problem in dentistry?
- What do you want the admissions committee to know about you thats not in your file?
- What do you do for fun?
- What have you done to show you have manual dexterity?
- What other schools did you apply to and why?
- Tell me about yourself.
- Tell me about your family.
- Tell me about your community service.
- Tell me about your research experience.
- Why should we accept you over another student with the same qualifications?
- What is the future of dentistry?
- How do your own personal values/morals fit with the dental profession?
- What are your strengths? (Don’t say perfectionist!)
- What are your weaknesses? (Don’t say perfectionist!)
- Why not say perfectionist? If you asked that then you’re conceited! No one wants a conceited person at their dental school!
- What makes you unique?
- How do you think the people who wrote your letters of recommendation described you?
- If you were accepted to this school and two others who would you choose?
- What don’t you like about dentistry?
- Where will you be in ten years?
- What do you do if your best friend wanted to copy your assignment?
- How will you run your practice?
- What is your favorite non-science book?
- Many situational questions about dentistry…ie. A patient has AIDS, what do you do?
- Why didn’t you take *insert class here*…ie. Biochem, Anatomy, etc.
- If you were a tree what kind of tree would you be?
- Describe yourself in three words.
- If you were interviewing me what would you ask? Why?
- If dentistry didn’t exist, what would you do?
- Who do you admire the most and why?
- What is your purpose in life?
- Do you like to be alone? What do you think about when you’re alone?
- What do you think about affirmative action?
- If you could invite 6 people to dinner who would they be and why?
- What do you do if you are not accepted this year?
- Name 5 countries and capitols in Europe.
