Describe your desire to enter the medical profession using as many verbs as possible.
Cite three key points that make you qualified to be a medical/dental/veterinary/nursing etc. 学生. Do not generalize, using terms like "I like to work with people." Clearly define points that make you the strongest possible candidate by using statements related to your volunteer or research experience like I have spent 120 hours in the pediatrics ward of a small hospital and have a good idea of the demands of a hospital pediatrician.
Note three anecdotes that illustrate your capabilities to enter this profession. Make sure the stories support the three key points cited earlier, 描述你用来实现目标的技能. Describe how you completed a medically related experience, 研究项目, or anything that projects your skills and achievements.
List three questions you would ask the interviewer if you could. These can be general field-related inquiries or related to the school interviewing you, but they must reflect a sincere interest in the profession.
练习，练习，再练习! Have someone ask you questions, record your answers, and listen to yourself. 彩排, 不记答案, will magnify the volume and meaning of words you speak in the interview. You do not want to get to the point that your answers are no longer fresh and spontaneous, but you do want to have definite ideas about how you would answer some of the more standard interview questions.
实际面试小贴士：
穿好衣服，这样你的着装就不是问题了! Wear a conservative well-pressed suit in solid colors or with a very subtle pattern and polished dress shoes. If you have doubts, err on the side of being conservative. You may wish to consult someone in the 职业生涯 Center on this subject.
Women: Wear a suit or dress with skirt below the knee when sitting and hose with conservative shoes. Slacks, tight skirts, or any skirt above the knee when you are seated will NOT make points for you. Keep jewelry simple; dangling earrings are a distraction. Only wear one pair of earrings, no nose/eyebrow/lip rings, etc.
Men: Wear a suit if you have one or a sport coat and slacks with a tie (plain or non-flashy pattern) and plain shirt. Wear dress socks that match your outfit and dress shoes. 去掉所有的耳环/眉环/鼻环/唇环. Do not wear rings on your fingers except a wedding or class ring.
Be sure that your hands are clean and your finger nails are well scrubbed and manicured. 与面试官有力地握手, but don't crush the person's hand (particularly if it is a woman) or let the person feel as though you have just handed him/her a dead fish. 面试时把手放在膝盖上.
等到面试官邀请你才入座. Once seated cross your legs, and try to keep you legs relatively still.
与面试官保持眼神交流. 如果你不敢直视他们的眼睛, focus on their chin or forehead so that they feel like you are looking at them rather than around the room. Lack of eye contact is sometimes misconstrued as a lack confidence in yourself.
注意语言的使用. 回答之前要三思. The interviewer wants to hear a well formulated answer to his/her questions. Focus on the question without being wordy or trying to avoid the question while continuing to talk. Don't feel that you have to fill every minute of the interview with talking. 你可以安静地思考.
Be wary of repeating words and phrases over and over i.e. "like", "hopefully", "you know", "interestingly enough". "Like I said" is incorrect grammar; "as I said" is correct if you need to use the phrase.
要诚实和直率. Every interviewer hears many 学生s say that they wish to be physicians, nurses, etc. “帮助别人”." There are many ways to help people – other health professions, 社会工作, 临床心理学与教学. 关于医学/牙科等有什么. 这吸引了你? Cite by example and connect your skills to the roles of a physician/dentist/optometrist/etc. Be prepared to tell when you used particular skills to achieve specific goals.
始终保持充沛的精力和热情.
是一致的. Think about earlier responses and rephrase them to elaborate upon information cited. 用例子来支持你的观点. Don't try to convince the interviewer he or she is "wrong." Provide as much information as you can to support your claim that you can make it in the profession.
Do not introduce topics into the conversation unless you are prepared to be questioned further on those subjects. An interviewer may give you rope enough to hang yourself. 如果你做过一个研究项目, be able to explain the experiment and give results and conclusion.
了解面试你的学校. 它的优势是什么？? 他们的专业是什么? If possible, know something of the work that has been done by the professors there. 如果你对某一专业感兴趣(e.g. 心脏病学, 初级护理, exotic animals) for which they are particularly well known, 准备好谈论它.
Ask questions throughout, not just at the end when invited to do so! A lack of questions is interpreted as a lack of interest in their program.
任何时候都不要对任何人表现出明显的不满! Remain poised and alert with administrative assistants and 学生s as well as the more formal interviewers. People have lost an opportunity to attend a particular school for something they said to a current 学生 at lunch. You should be in interview mode from the moment to step onto the campus to the moment you leave to return home.
