Rutgers University (New Jersey)

practice/mock, practice in front of mirror

Was a difficult interview. Wish I practiced even more

Practice, practice, and practice!

It felt more like an hour long interrogation than a conversation

Nothing was special about the interview

SDN questions

They gave me 2 faculty interviews. In the first one they just asked about my activities. In the second one, they asked specifically for clarification in some parts of my application and tries to get a better idea of why I applied early decision to NJMS and also addressed some red flags on my application. Overall, it felt very personal and I enjoyed the interview process here.

I wish I knew there would be 2 interviews ahead of time. From reddit and SDN, it seems NJMS gives 2 interviews pretty often.

My interviewers weren't MDs or clinicians.

It was nice to have a 1 on 1 interview and I thought they were friendly when I asked questions about the school.

I made sure to know my personal statement and activity list very well.

They will stress test you

Random question generator

prepare for zoom technical issues

For the why medicine question, it was opened up with "doctors have awful mental health, we have poor retention rates, we have huge levels of burnout, why will you be different?" not necessarily a bad question ofc, but the fact that It was done with such a negative tone was alarming

Once the interview got going, we were very friendly

Practice with parents/friends

Humanism at NJMS

Online research

Very good interview, and I feel that this school would provide me with lots of support. There is also a very heavy focus on serving underserved and diverse communities, which is a huge plus for me.