After MyERAS: Next Step is the Medical Residency Interview

Опубликовано: 21 Июнь 2026
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Medical Residency Interview Questions & Preparation , Residency Match 2019-2020
After MyERAS: Next Step is the Medical Residency Interview

Once you have been invited to a medical residency interview, how you are perceived on interview day becomes the most crucial factor in determining how you will be ranked. It is important to understand what interviewers are looking for within the context of your experience. Residency applicants often fail to make a good impression when they try to tell interviewers what they think they want to hear instead of representing themselves honestly and authentically.

Medical Residency Interview Questions & Preparation
Since your grades, USMLE scores and letters of reference will be used via MyERAS to evaluate your academic aptitude, interviewers are trying to assess something else – they want to know if you are really committed to the specialty to which you are applying, that you have a mature sense of what it means to practice your specialty and how good your interpersonal and communication skills are – among other attributes.

Above all, interviewers are trying assess your “fit” for a program. Residency is intense and you will be spending a lot of time with the individual interviewer, his colleagues and his residents. So, your interviewer is fundamentally trying to determine if he likes you and would be happy to see you at 3 AM when he is tired. Residency interviewers are not looking for the same subtleties that your medical school interviewers were; they assume that you want to be a doctor.

Residency Interview
You should, in part, view your residency interview as a job interview; they want to know that you can get the job done reliably and competently. Interviewers also want to rule out any red flags, such as gaps in time on your application. And, above all, they want to figure out if you are likable and would make a positive addition to the program.

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Medical Residency Interview Questions
Residency Interview Tell me about yourself.
Why this specialty?
Tell me about a negative aspect of the specialty.

Residency Interview Questions and Answers

Tell me about an interesting case.
What is the one thing you tried really hard at something but didn’t turn out as expected or what has been your greatest challenge?
Did you ever have to work to help support yourself or fund your education?
How do you remember everything you have to do?
Would you change anything in your background? 
Tell me about your research/clinical work/volunteer experience.
Explain your academic path.
What strengths would you bring to our program?
Explain your poor grade/USMLE/academic performance.
Tell me about an ethical dilemma.
What qualities do you possess that will help you to become a great XXX specialist?
Tell me about the most influential person in your life.
Tell me about your most valued mentor.
What is your most valuable accomplishment?
What leadership roles have you held?
Why should we choose you?

In closing, is there anything else you would like to tell me?

Questions to ask during residency interview:

Do you have any questions for me?

Residency Interview Season 2019-2020
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