Common Residency Interview Questions (Part II)

Why do you wish to join our residency program?

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Where do you see yourself in ten years, after your residency?

Do you have any medical research experience?

What made you join medicine?

What made you choose this residency specialty (Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Family practice, OB/GYN, Anesthesiology etc.)?

If you were asked to describe yourself in 3 words, what would they be?

In your Curriculum Vitae (CV), there is a gap of 1 year. Why?

How many residency interviews have you completed so far?

What is your medical career plan?

What do you do in your spare time?

What are your interests?

Are you applying to any other residency specialty?

How do you handle adversity?

What is your most memorable patient encounter?

Which residency programs have you interviewed at?

Tell me about an interesting case you have seen?

Tell me about yourself.

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