I was just wondering can you really prepare or study for interviews? Or is it more just knowing your essay question answers and overall app? Thank you!
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Aside from being able to explain well why you're interested in dentistry, I wouldn't try to spend too much time preparing for interviews. Answers that sound memorized or overly rehearsed don't sound good to interviewers.
I was just wondering can you really prepare or study for interviews? Or is it more just knowing your essay question answers and overall app? Thank you!
There are some schools that will ask you questions like "What is our mission statement?" just to see if you actually know anything about the school you're applying to. Midwestern-AZ asked me that last year. I also heard once that someone asked who the dean of the school was. Just look into old threads and see which schools will ask very specific questions like this. I also always made sure I knew if the school gave a DDS or DMD degree.
They asked me who the dean was at my NYU interview.There are some schools that will ask you questions like "What is our mission statement?" just to see if you actually know anything about the school you're applying to. Midwestern-AZ asked me that last year. I also heard once that someone asked who the dean of the school was. Just look into old threads and see which schools will ask very specific questions like this. I also always made sure I knew if the school gave a DDS or DMD degree.
Yes and no. All my interviews were conversation about normal things and had nothing to do about dentistry. Other people get grilled on why they want to do dentistry. I never had any generic questions such as "tell me about yourself"
You also went on 4x as many interviews as meInteresting, I got"Tell me about yourself" at least four times,