Interview trail stories

[migirl]

Another "didn't happen to us" story here ...

During this last interview/match cycle, one of DH's partners was having a break from interviewing the residency candidates when he went to use the unisex restroom. He knocked and, when he didn't hear any response, opened the (unlocked!) door only to see one of the female applicants ... sitting ... on the toilet.

When her name came up during the post-interview powwow, the attending told everyone what had happened and she was rejected because they all said they wouldn't be able to look her in the eye after that!

[Mrs. MD, Esq.]

Another "didn't happen to us" story here ...

During this last interview/match cycle, one of DH's partners was having a break from interviewing the residency candidates when he went to use the unisex restroom. He knocked and, when he didn't hear any response, opened the (unlocked!) door only to see one of the female applicants ... sitting ... on the toilet.

When her name came up during the post-interview powwow, the attending told everyone what had happened and she was rejected because they all said they wouldn't be able to look her in the eye after that!

That's basically an episode of the Office!!

[MrsC]

DH went to a candidate dinner, the guy was interviewing to join their group. Well the dinner went great but he skipped town before his actual interview the following day, called the dept chief from the airport to cancel. He applied for the same job a few months later and needless to say he wasn't offered a second interview.

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[MrsK]

I've told you all about the time the K Bros soiled me and DrK (with excrement) during dinner with his now immediate supervisor, right?

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[alotofyarn]

I can't believe I forgot my favorite story!

Hubby has a pretty dry sense of humor. In one interview, he was asked if he always wanted to be a doctor. He responded saying no, that he actually had always wanted to be a ninja, but being a doctor probably had better job security. The guy didn't laugh at all. He didn't get in that year. I think he tried it again for residency somewhere and did get finally a laugh.

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[SoonerTexan]

Hubby has a pretty dry sense of humor. In one interview, he was asked if he always wanted to be a doctor. He responded saying no, that he actually had always wanted to be a ninja, but being a doctor probably had better job security. The guy didn't laugh at all. He didn't get in that year. I think he tried it again for residency somewhere and did get finally a laugh.

See, that's awesome!

Let's see, nothing amazing, but a few memorable ones:

Med School:

The interviewer started the interview by pulling out a small, round object and asking DH what it was. He said if he guessed right, he would get in. DH guessed kidney stone and he was right. He did get in there, but ended up going somewhere else.

Residency:

At one transitional year, DH interviewed with a guy in his 80s who spent the entire time lamenting how medicine was going down the hole. Because the pesky FDA does things like regulate drugs and force clinical trials now (he missed the days of getting the meds and dosage correct via trial and error). Oh, and he thought EMRs were awful. "Such a time waster." DH did lots of nodding and smiling.

At one pre-interview dinner, the PD was there. (This PD is known to show up--other people mentioned it on the interview trail) Somehow it came up that another one of DH's classmates was interviewing there at a later date and DH said, "Oh, she's really nice." The PD looked at him and said, "Nicer than you?" He wasn't joking. DH said he had no idea what to say because he honestly thought the girl was nice and almost any response made him look bad. He said something along the lines of, "She is nice, I'm not trying to be competitive." The next day he interviewed with the PD, who noticed he had moved around a lot and asked him about it. DH gave him a 20 second rundown of where he had lived. The PD's response. "I'm sorry I asked." Ironically people rave about how awesome this PD is and what an advocate he is to the residents.

[HouseofWool]

I can't believe I forgot my favorite story!

Hubby has a pretty dry sense of humor. In one interview, he was asked if he always wanted to be a doctor. He responded saying no, that he actually had always wanted to be a ninja, but being a doctor probably had better job security. The guy didn't laugh at all. He didn't get in that year. I think he tried it again for residency somewhere and did get finally a laugh.

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That is awesome! And really, would you want to sell your soul to a place that doesn't have even teeny bit of a sense of humor? Sounds like a total save that he didn't get in there.

[diggitydot]

Interview trail stories

I didn't join DH for any of his interviews and he didn't really have any interesting stories. That changed once we hit the training years. There was a candidate who actually asked who she had to sleep with to match there. She wasn't joking. Needless to add, she wasn't even ranked.

In another year there was a candidate originally from my hometown who claimed to work for one the city's two hospitals in their outpatient clinic. Unfortunately, the hospital that he claimed to work for was turned into a lock down mental health facility about a decade prior and didn't have any clinics, satellite or not. I let him feed me bullshit all night and then gave the chief resident the heads-up later. They eventually discovered a LOT of discrepancies in his various claims. I could never understand why anyone would lie about something so easily checked. Hospitals have HR departments, dumbass. They're AT LEAST going to confirm or deny employment dates.

[MAPPLEBUM]

DH and i were still dating during interviews. one morning i got a selfie of him in his suit clearly getting dressed before an interview. before i could send a (knowing me, lewd) response i got a text from his mom saying "my handsome boy child!!..."

lets just say hes never sent me and his mother a selfie again....


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[rufflesanddots]

Mine quoted Poison.

DHs first interview this cycle was a school that had wait listed him into oblivion last year. This year's interviewer asked him why MD vs PA or NP, and DH said he wanted to be the one leading and calling the shots. The interviewer pointed out that comes with a lot of responsibility and liability. Without thinking, DH responded, "Well, you know what they say. Every rose has it's thorn...."

He froze, he and the interviewer stared at each other, and the interviewer said, "That is what they say, isn't it..."

He was admitted in their first waive of acceptances.

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[Deebs]

On one interview, we got a call as we were lost, looking for the hotel, from DH's sister to tell us FIL had a heart attack - in Mexico. It was before traveling with Internet was common, so we went down to the dinner pick up, explained what was going on, and then spent all night working with our two best med school friends and hospitals in Miami and Texas, to figure out who could do a medical evacuation. DH went to the interview on no sleep. We found out years later that DH had been ranked to match there. Honestly, who wouldn't want the resident who could and would pull that shit off and still go to the interview the next day?

At an interview for an attending job, one of his interviewers passed out at dinner. It was really crazy to see five ER docs try to figure out who would take the lead until the medics arrived.

I have had a couple doozies. One was where the interviewer asked if I wanted to lie on the couch in her office for the interview. At another, one interview was obviously completely high (interestingly she was put on leave for failure to pass a drug test a week after I started).


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