How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.05 | 20 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 18 |
| Negatively | 1 |
| No change | 1 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.55 | 20 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.45 | 20 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.80 | 20 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 6 |
| Virtual | 11 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 0 |
| 25 minutes | 0 |
| 30 minutes | 7 |
| 35 minutes | 4 |
| 40 minutes | 2 |
| 45 minutes | 3 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 9 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 9 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 19 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 14 |
| Closed file | 5 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.05 | 20 |
"If an attending showed up drunk to a surgery rotation what would you do?"
"They typically ask a moral question, focusing on patient-physician relationships"
"Why Noorda?"
"They ask about your research experience a lot"
"What are three specific qualities that make you a good fit for Noorda specifically?"
"What do you want to talk about? (As the opening question)"
"Asked about experiences on app"
"Tell me about yourself"
"What does it mean to be a leader?"
"What would you do if a doctor showed up to work with alcohol on their breath?"
"Why do you want to attend Noorda? Why osteopathic medicine?"
"What do you think of moving to a single payer system?"
""US healthcare system question""
"US healthcare policy question and many follow ups in debate style"
"If you had to address a crowd of anti-vax and pro-vax parents, how would you do this?"
"They will ask about your research if you have any research experience"
"Why DO?"
"Why NOORDA-COM?"
"What would you do as a medical student if a doctor's breath smelled of alcohol"
"Are there any scenarios where it'd be ethical to lie to a patient as their physician?"
"Why did I choose engineering?"
"Asked to get into detail about a specific time"
"Why medicine, and why specify this school?"
"Tell me about a time when you had a disagreement with a group?"
"What was a failure you had when working on a team?"
"What would you say to someone who did not want to get vaccinated or wear a mask for health reasons?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor and not another healthcare provider?"
"(questions about my application) - "apart from xxx what else do you like to do to maintain mental health and wellness?""
"questioning/pushing back on my reason for going into medicine"
"How do you feel about anti-vax people?"
"Why DO/NOORDA?"
"What are your future goals/plans?"
"What was the biggest roadblock you've faced in life and how did you get past it?"
"Why Noorda-COM?"
"Tell me when you worked with a team and you were successful and a time you failed in a team."
"Is it ever ethical to lie to a patient? For example... then they gave a scenario"
"Tell me about a time when you had a conflict or disagreement"
"What is a strength you have?"
"Tell me about a time you worked with a group and things didn't go well?"
"how would others describe you"
"softball question from secondary"
"If you didn't do medical school, what would you have done?"
"Should you perform a life saving procedure on a patient who refuses to receive said treatment?"
"Are there any scenarios where it'd be ethical to lie to a patient as their physician?"
"Spent the majority of the first 5 minutes discussing about a current research project at the school."
"A situational question, is it okay to lie to a pt?"
"Would you want to be in this xyz leadership position?"
"Do you think its ever okay to lie to a patient?"
"about differentiating my healthcare experiences abroad and in the US"
"n/a"
"What kind of personalities are most difficult to work with for you?"
"They ask a few difficult moral questions"
"Are there any scenarios where it'd be ethical to lie to a patient as their physician?"
"A conversation about the use of AI in healthcare. Can it replace physicians if its better? (challenged to back up my opinions)"
"Scenario questions"
"Last 30 seconds together, why should we accept you?"
"What do you think of the US moving to universal healthcare?"
"An ethical question where I had to defend my stance- what would you do if you caught a friend cheating on a test?"
"Medical ethics questions"
"the debating"
"3x mock interviews, interview questions with family, reviewing apps and resume, SDN, quizlet"
"Practice interview questions, making sure I knew my application resume so I was ready if they asked about it"
"Practice interview questions, looking at the mission statement/ recent events of the school."
"Lots of mock interviews with my spouse"
"Slept well and had coffee"
"SDN, prepared list of questions likely to be asked. No prep really helped. Interview was extremely conversational and they genuinely wanted to see if the school was a match for me and vice versa."
"sdn qs, reddit, not much tbh"
"BeMo Mocks and research of the school"
"Mock interviews, Dr. Gray Interview book"
"Practice questions, mock interviews"
"Researching school, mock interviews."
"watched all the faculty videos on FB and took notes, many mock interviews, reviewed my application for potential questions, worked through the questions from the 'Premed Playbook by Dr. Ryan Gray'"
"practicing about 30 questions taken from lists from the internet about 20 times over 2 weeks, filming myself, etc."
"The environment and people at the school were all so friendly and welcoming. They really care about the students. Research was impressive. Also recently developed building so new technology and structure. Location was amazing, right in the mountains!"
"The faculty are very welcoming and friendly. They want to lift their students up, not beat them down."
"Seems like a very student-focused school."
"NOORDA-COM is committed to the research efforts of their students."
"The interview was completely stress-free, I felt no pressure whatsoever."
"The schools mission is exactly what they preach. The vision to change medicine is appealing. Strong research emphasis. Students praise of the staff and curriculum style."
"How conversational and down to earth the interviewer was"
"Their thorough review of my previous research experience and my interest in continuing scientific research"
"the staff and passion of the faculty"
"Just how conversational the interview was along with how kind all the faculty are."
"The level of confidence the staff has. That you don't have to go out of state to do you clinical rotations."
"Interviewer (administrative faculty) had clear answers on why they chose to work at this new school and how the school would be doing things differently based on evidence."
"The attitude, friendly nature of the interviewer, and how it was easy to talk to them."
"very familiar with my personal statement and secondary. professional."
"Nothing"
"Being pre-accredited does mean we have to take out private loans."
"The staff didn't seem very willing to talk about first year COMLEX scores. They said they were still receiving them but didn't elaborate any further."
"I didn't feel I had a ton of time to express who I was as an applicant during the interview but I guess they already had a good understanding of that from primary and secondary."
"N/A"
"Nothing really negative to say, seems like they had pre-determined questions to also ask"
"That even though you don't have to go out of state for rotations, you'll be going to do the rotations at the same hospital as students from the University of Utah aka very competitive when it comes time to apply for residency programs there."
"Interviewer had flat affect and asked questions in a pretty disinterested way until I got them talking about themself."
"I ran out of time while thanking the interviewer"
"flat affect. didn't enjoy the heavy debating, but i understand some schools like to test potential students to see how they handle being questioned and defending their positions, but it still left me feeling a little deflated and less welcome by the school."
"There is a group activity "problem solving" prompt that I did for 30 min before my interview. It was very stress free, but caught me off guard."
"Nothing. The staff is extremely welcoming and happy you are there. Everyone there makes the day very stress free and enjoyable."
"N/A"
"How conversational its going to be"
"That it was going to be me and 2 interviewers, I thought it was 1-1"
"that i would face so much debating and healthcare policy questions. it wasn't consistent with my experience with faculty and admissions staff at all, so it was a little whiplash-y."
"Altogether, loved the school, people, and programs available. They are a newer school, but their improvement in COMLEX scores is very reassuring."
"Low stress interview and very friendly staff in a safe area, I have pretty high hopes for this school. And the surrounding mountains are gorgeous, fantastic location for the school."
"Alittle more time for the 1on1 interview. 30 minutes is fine but could have used some time to ask the interviewer some questions"
"Fantastic interview experience and faculty, interview day shot this school high on my list, hoping for an A!"
"My interviewer didn't seem interested in my personal statement or secondary video. They had a list of pre-prepared questions that they went down the list and didn't allow for much conversation to take place."
"The interview was done on an online platform (Zoom) due to COVID."
"i still really like this school and hope my attitude and emotions get better in the coming weeks and would still be ecstatic to get an A. very good videos and presentations leading up to the interview. well organized."
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 7 |
| Faculty member | 1 |
| Admissions staff | 0 |
| Other | 5 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 8 |
| Neutral | 3 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.32 | 19 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 3 |
| Out of state | 9 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 6 |
| 2-3 hours | 0 |
| 4-6 hours | 1 |
| 7+ hours | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 4 |
| Automobile | 3 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
SFB -> PVU
SLC
Virtual interview did not travel
N/A
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 0 |
| Hotel | 4 |
| Home | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 6 |
| $101-$200 | 0 |
| $201-$300 | 0 |
| $301-$400 | 1 |
| $401-$500 | 1 |
| $501+ | 2 |
"About an 8 minute drive to the school and plenty to walk around and do surrounding the hotel."
"Solid hotel, not fancy but nice and clean. You also get a really solid discount if you use the Noorda corporate link to book your room, and the view of the mountains is a big plus."
"Average cheap hotel, walkable to campus."
"Virtual"
"No travel, Zoom interview"
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.74 | 19 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.00 | 19 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.47 | 19 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.21 | 19 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.53 | 19 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.21 | 19 |
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