Do you have any questions? (note, they may not be doing this b/c they are unprepared, they want to see how you conduct an interview (you want to be a psychiatrist after all)
If you didn't do psychiatry, what specialty would you choose?
Why psychiatry? and Why this program? (Very common)
If you were an emotion, which one would you be?
What are 3 of your weaknesses?
How do you handle conflict?
How are you at asking for help and what do you do for self-care?
Tell me about a preceptor you liked and a preceptor you didn't like.
Tell me about a preceptor you liked and a preceptor you didn't like.
What was something unexpected you encountered during your medical training?
What kind of cereal/superhero/food/furniture/appliance/car would you be?
Name a time you struggled in medical school.
Tell me an experience you had in the past year that made you realize something about yourself.
Tell me something about yourself that isn't on your application.
How was your experience with Borderline patients in the hospital?
Whats something you struggle with in psychiatry?
What do you think will be a challenge for you in residency?
What 3 things do you want me to remember about you?
There's a lot of unknowns in Psychiatry - what unknown bothers you the most?
What is your least favorite holiday?
Your patient shows up late for the 4th time in a row. What do you do?
Tell me about a refractory patient you had and how you handled it.
Why did you apply here? What did you like about the program?
Tell me about a time you had conflict with someone.
What were you like as a child?
Do you have a particular area of interest in psychiatry?
What types of patients do you find it difficult to work with, and how do you deal with that?
Tell me about your research [undergrad] and do you see yourself pursuing any during residency?
What struggles do you see yoruself having in residency?
Tell me about a time you asked a peer for help
What do you see as the pros and cons of working in teams
Why medicine?
1 strength, 1 weakness?
Tell me about a difficult patient that you had and how you handled it.
What has been the toughest area of psychiatry for you?
Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?
A time when you had conflict with a clinical team member? with a classmate?
Name a situation where you had counter-transferance with a patient.
What’s your favorite smell?
Why do you want to live in this city?
Name a time where you had a conflict with another student, resident or atendee?
What advice would you give other interviewing applicants in your position?
Name a time you received negative feedback, and how did you deal with it?
What kind of personality do you have most difficulty with?
I'm curious about [insert thing from personal statement they obviously don't believe]. Could you elaborate on that?
What can you bring to our program?
Why did you not finish X research project?
What do you plan to do if you don't match?
What do you want me to know about you? What do you think is important on your application? (from someone who clearly did not read application)
Opioid epidemic questions?
What/who is your support system?
What will you do here when you have a weekend off?
What do you like doing in your free time?
What's the last book you read?
What are your thoughts on the DSM?
Teach me something nonmedical.
What is your pet peeve?
What qualities make you distrust someone and name a time when you had to work with someone with these qualities?
What kind of interview style do you have?
How well do you handle stress or last minute changes?
What qualities do you look for in friends
What are you passionate about?
Tell me about something not on your application?
What other specialties were interesting to you through med school?
Where did you grow up?
Who is your hero?
If you encountered a resident or attending being rude and unprofessional to a nurse or patient what would you do?
Book or movie?
Name something you have changed your mind about in the last couple of years and why?
I got totally therapized in one. This guy kept asking, why do you think you feel that way?
If you had to have a mental illness, which one would you choose?
Tell me about your experience w countertransferance.
If you had unlimited money and had to solve homelessness in [my city] what would you do?
What do you parents think about you going into psychiatry?
What psychiatry journals do you read?
What is the most important attribute in your personal life, professional life, and when you interact with patients?
Do people change?
How did medical school change you?
Tell me something funny about yourself?
What is your teaching style?
Why did you dislike Surgery and OB rotations?
Explain Depression to the layperson.
What do you think is the future of psychiatry
Name a time when you had a conflict with an attending or other medical student and how you resolved it
How am I going to remember you (I will see so many applications this year)
If you didn't do psychiatry, what specialty would you choose?
Why psychiatry? and Why this program? (Very common)
If you were an emotion, which one would you be?
What are 3 of your weaknesses?
How do you handle conflict?
How are you at asking for help and what do you do for self-care?
Tell me about a preceptor you liked and a preceptor you didn't like.
Tell me about a time you struggled and what did you do
What was something unexpected you encountered during your medical training?
What kind of cereal would you be?
Name a time you struggled in medical school
Tell me an experience you had in the past year that made you realize something about yourself.
Tell me something about yourself that isn't on your application
How was your experience with Borderline patients in the hospital?
Whats something you struggle with in psychiatry?
Tell me something about yourself that isn't on your application
Whats something you struggle with in psychiatry?
What is your least favorite holiday?
Your patient shows up late for the 4th time in a row. What do you do?
Tell me about a refractory patient you had and how you handled it.
Why did you apply here? What did you like about the program?)
Tell me about a time you had conflict with someone
What were you like as a child?
Do you have a particular area of interest in psychiatry?
What types of patients do you find it difficult to work with, and how do you deal with that?
Tell me about your research [undergrad] and do you see yourself pursuing any during residency?
What struggles do you see yourself having in residency?
Tell me about a time you asked a peer for help
What do you see as the pros and cons of working in teams
Why medicine?
1 strength, 1 weakness?
Tell me about a difficult patient that you had and how you handled it.
What has been the toughest area of psychiatry for you?
Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?
A time when you had conflict with a clinical team member? with a classmate?
Name a situation where you had counter-transference with a patient.
What’s your favorite smell
Why do you want to live in this city?
Name a time where you had a conflict with another student, resident or atendee
What advice would you give other interviewing applicants in your position?
Married? What does your spouse do? Children?
Name a time you received negative feedback, and how did you deal with it?
What kind of personality do you have most difficulty with?
what can you bring to our program?
Why did you not finish X research project?
What do you plan to do if you don't match?
What do you want me to know about you? What do you think is important on your application? (from someone who clearly did not read application)
Opioid epidemic questions
What/who is your support system
What will you do here when you have a weekend off
What do you like doing in your free time
What's the last book you read?
So are you actually doing psych or is this a backup for you
What are your thoughts on the DSM?
Teach me something non medical
What is your pet peeve
What qualities make you distrust someone and name a time when you had to work with someone with these qualities
What career would you have (non medical) if you didn't have to worry about training or money
What kind of interview style do you have
How well do you handle stress or last minute changes
What qualities do you look for in friends
What were you like in high school?
What are you passionate about?
Tell me about something not on your application
What other specialties were interesting to you through med school
Where did you grow up
Who is your hero?
If you encountered a resident or attending being rude and unprofessional to a nurse or patient what would you do?
Book or movie?
Name something you have changed your mind about in the last couple of years and why?
If you had to have a mental illness, which one would you choose?
Tell me about your experience w counterintelligence
If you had unlimited money and had to solve homelessness in [my city] what would you do?
What do you parents think about you going into psychiatry?
What psychiatry journals do you read?
What is the most important attribute in your personal life, professional life, and when you interact with patients?
do you think short evaluations are fair?
do people change
how did medical school change you
why new york city
what do you do for resilience
tell me something funny about yourself
what is your teaching style
If you were a grape, what kind of grape would you be?
Why did you dislike Surgery and OB rotations?
Explain Depression to the layperson