Acing the Residency Interview : Tips from ACP

The American College of Physicians (ACP) October 2007 Newsletter carries a useful article from a third year resident Dr. Brian Freeman.

Here are some important extracts:

- "Dress conservatively. Your goal for dress should be blending in, not standing out."

- "Probably the most valuable time you will spend during a residency interview is time with the residents. The residents are a barometer of life in that residency program." - True ! Prepare questions to ask them...remember, the residency interview is a two-way interrogation - you gotta make them feel 'interviewed' and analyzed too :-) . Keeping this 'fact-finder' attitude in mind surely helps dissolve most of the tension that you may have.

- When you ask questions to faculty, "If you receive several inconsistent responses to the same question, that may be a red flag"

- "Program directors tend to know one another, and they may have conversations about prospective residents. Be professional and try to be honest when you discuss your level of interest in a given program."


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Also read:

- Questions to ask Faculty / Program director during residency interview
- Questions to ask residents during residency interview