How YOU can answer PERSONAL QUESTIONS in Medical Interviews

Today I'll be discussing my strategy for answering personal questions, such as "why medicine" in medical interviews or MMIS. These questions can be difficult to answer, but are important for gaining entry into a lot of medical schools!

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:26 General Strategy
3:05 Why Medicine?
6:49 Stress Question
10:11 Teamwork Question

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[yeetboisanimeeditz]

The google definition of GOAT, when it comes to medical entry videos: Emil.

[himiko]

Hi Emil, your videos are so helpful as always! I had a question about honesty/ethical dilemma type questions. For example on the Medentry question bank there was a question like 'Is it ever appropriate to lie on behalf of a friend' e.g. signing their name on a tutorial roll when they aren't there. My initial response would be no because that's a breach of integrity, which is really important in medicine. But at the same time, would interviewers want me to be completely honest and admit that sometimes, telling 'white lies' or covering for a friend is basically unavoidable? How open should we be?

[pratikshamahanta]

have my interview in a few hours😭 your videos always boost my confidence

[sahha]

Hey Emil, your videos are very helpful, thank you for your work. However, I noticed that you have covered about 95% of everything regarding the MMI, but have not ever made any videos about collaboration stations. These stations are explicitly listed in McMaster's instructions manual (the school that created the MMI) and consists of you basically explaining someone how to do a task, such as how to tie a shoe, how to draw a certain picture or diagram, origami, and so on. Could you please make a video about this and how you would approach it with an example (such as showing how you would explain how to tie a shoe for instance)? I would really appreciate it!

[mrsir]

were your answers spontaneous or prepared beforehand?

[chaewonpark]

Hi Emil! Thanks for the interview tips :)

With these panel-style questions, how do you effectively sum the anecdote up, provide a reflection and link it to the purpose of the question?

Also, with some panel-style questions, how can you know their purpose? For example, "What are your 3 favourite movies?" With these questions, they seem like a trap - do you just list the movies and explain why you like them, or do you have to make some links to medicine/sell yourself even in seemingly mundane topics?