Top 10 Things Residency Programs Wish You Knew About Residency Interviews

Northwestern Medicine Residency Coordinator Jill Craig discusses the ten things all medical residency programs want applicants to know about the interview process.

This video was created from a longer program presented by the Illinois State Medical Society’s Medical Student Section, in partnership with the ISMS Resident and Fellow Section

[ayushmankar]

1 what the match means to them
2 this is a job
3 we are inviting them to get to know us
4 personality matters
5 always being interviewed
6 you are representing more than yourself
7 do your homework
8 listen to yourself
9 take good and trusted advice
10 be yourself don't be robotic

[grubbymanz]

I found many interviewers directly contradicted this fear mongering bullshit. we want you to know that as residents we are doing all your work for you and you should be grateful. We are interviewing you.

[Thedrcatwoman]

I think everyone in med school is goal oriented!

[dirk]

While representing everyone well is great. That does create a passive aggressive issue that you will not be able to handle during any emergency nor pandemic. So we want people to represent themselves sooner than pose for others. Their skills should represent their training gained.

[thetoaster]

This is well spoken, thank you very much!

[lobsterairsoft]

The number one thing I want speakers to know is that vocal frys are to be avoided

[kyesg]

We also want you to listen to yourself 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ #toomuchvocalfry

[thegrandwizard]

great video but the music in the background is so corny like cmon