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  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • New York, NY
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"Why do you want to become a doctor." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Explain the path you took to beoming a doctor (including any medical experiences)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"One interviewer asked me to explain certain bumps that were evidnet in my transcript." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What sort of challenges do you see for yourself as a physician 15 years down the line?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Where do you see yourself 15 years from now?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Read the website Reviewed my application and current research Spoke with friends who are current students there" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The friendliness of the interviewers" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"How isolated the interviewees all felt while waiting for our interviews" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"How tiny the interview rooms are - it's not for the claustrophobic" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Overall it went OK. The school was still on winter break so there weren't very many students around and we couldn't sit in on classes, but our tour guide was helpful at answering our questions." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/02/2003

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