Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Response	# Responders
Positively	3
Negatively	1
No change	1

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg	# Responders
5.60	5

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg	# Responders
5.20	5

0 = low, 10 = high

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

Response Avg	# Responders
4.20	5

0 = low, 10 = high

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

Response	# Responders
In Person	0
Virtual	4

Questions

How long was the interview?

Response	# Responders
5 minutes	0
10 minutes	0
15 minutes	0
20 minutes	2
25 minutes	1
30 minutes	2
35 minutes	0
40 minutes	0
45 minutes	0
50 minutes	0
55 minutes	0
60+ minutes	0

Where did the interview take place?

Response	# Responders
At the school	2
At a regional location	0
At another location	1

What was the style of the interview?

Response	# Responders
One-on-one	4
In a group	1

What type of interview was it?

Response	# Responders
Open file	5
Closed file	0

How many people interviewed you?

Response Average	# Responders
2.00	5

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"Why do you want to be a DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Osteopathic Medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you see a resident who is scheduled to perform surgery later that day that you will be scrubbed in on, falling asleep during the morning presentation what do you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"Why do you want to attend Touro COM Montana?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Touro, specifically the Montana campus?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your journey to medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"Tell me more about [specific activity]." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about a program you would set up to help the community in some way." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a patient experience that humbled you" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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What was the most interesting question?

"Tell us about a program you would set up to help the community in some way." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you contribute to solving healthcare inequities?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Tell us about a program you would set up to help the community in some way." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"MMI style questions (medical ethics, situation-based questions)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Searched up common interview questions and wrote bullet points that I wanted to address for each questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"Typed out responses to interview questions" More from this Member | Report Response

"Last year's SDN thread, generic interview prepping" More from this Member | Report Response

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What impressed you positively?

"Openness of the faculty and students." More from this Member | Report Response

"Research-orientation for a DO school" More from this Member | Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The actual interview felt very short." More from this Member | Report Response

"time in between info session and interview time (4 hours)" More from this Member | Report Response

"They didn't care about your responses. Just silence and on to the next question. Plus the questions were very intense." More from this Member | Report Response

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"The interview IS more conversational! I saw many comments on SDN/Reddit that this interview was not conversational but it was!" More from this Member | Report Response

"It was not a conversational interview, they did not respond to my answers and instead would jump to the next question." More from this Member | Report Response

"know your application inside out, they will quiz you on some of your extracurricular activities." More from this Member | Report Response

"They would include some situation-based questions." More from this Member | Report Response

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What are your general comments?

"The faculty that interviewed me were very nice. Just be prepared for general questions and have a calm demeanor and I think you should be fine!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tougher interview that I had anticipated. Prep well, don't be startled with the fast pace and change of topic instantly with varying question styles." More from this Member | Report Response

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