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Undergraduate Medical Interview questions
Medicine/University
Why do you want to study medicine?
Why have you applied to Adelaide University specfically?
Why do you want to be a doctor as opposed to other professions?
Has there been anything or anyone that discouraged you from becoming a doctor?
What are the three largest challenges doctors face?
What appeals to you the most in medicine, besides treating patients?
What are the three most important qualities of a physician?
What has been the greatest medical achievement in the last 10 years?
What would you like to achieve as a doctor?
What medical speciality would you like to pursue?
What steps have you taken to determine what being a doctor entails?
Can empathy be taught at medical school? If so, how can it be taught?
How is being a doctor different to being a nurse?
Why do some doctors prefer to become GPs and some prefer being hospital specialists?
Have you recently read any interesting news stories related to medicine?
What is the importance of teaching in medicine and what forms does teaching take?
Personal/Background
Tell me more about yourself?
What are some qualities that you posses that make you a good fit for a healthcare profession?
Tell me about a time you did not get along with a manager or lecturer?
What are your hobbies and interests outside of medicine?
What are your greatest strengths?
What will hold you back at medical school?
What are three adjectives that best describe you?
How would your friends describe you?
Why would you make a good doctor?
Are you a leader or follower?
What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
What do you do to develop as a person?
What would you do in life if you had unlimited time and money
How will your extracurriculars help you become a better doctor?
What do you enjoy doing in. your spare time?
Scenario-Based
If you were a transport minister how would you go about splitting congestion?
What would be your priorities as a health minister?
You have a patient who was a chronic alcoholic and wants a liver transplant. Would you add this patient to the transplant waiting list?
A patient with Down’s syndrome became pregnant. The patient does not want an abortion. Her mother and husband want the patient to have an abortion. What should a physician do in this situation?
What would you do if a patient refuses treatment for a life-threatening condition?
What would you do if a patient diagnosed with HIV reveals to their GP they have not disclosed this information to their partner
What are your views on abortion?
Tell us about a time when you had difficulties working in a group and what you did to overcome them?
Tell me about a situation where you had to work in a team?
Tell me about an instance where you had to rely on your communication skills?
Tell us about a situation that you could have handled better?
Can you think of an instance that made you understand what empathy is?
Tell me about a situation where you had to overcome a challenge?
You are completing a group based assignment, and one member of the team is not doing their fair share of work; how would you address this?
Work Experience
What was the most important thing you learned through your work experience?
What work experience or relevant volunteering have you done?
What was the most memorable aspect of your work experience?
What was the most challenging aspect of your work experience?
Did you see any examples of teamwork during your work experience?
What did your work experience teach you about the role of teamwork in medicine?
During your work experience, have you witnessed any instances of strong leadership?
Can you think of any examples from your work experience when doctors showed empathy?
Tell us about a situation from your work experience, which demonstrated to you the importance of good communication.
Have you witnessed any examples of improper behaviour during your work experience?