Interview and Clinical Skills
Interview Skills
Introduction:
Out of all the factors that act as determinants of an admit, interviews are perhaps the most significant. They are the most rigorous, most impactful and most complicated section in the process. U.S. Dental Schools use interviews to assess whether you are personable, confident and conversational in nature
By the time you come to an interview, you have already crossed the evaluation for eligibility. Therefore interviewers don’t expect you to re-iterate credentials mentioned in your resume or Caapid application. They simply want to gauge whether you as a human being are someone who can manage the rigor of the advanced standing program, can do that collaboratively with your classmates, can demonstrate leadership without authority and where possible contribute to the success of the program.
Simply put, they are testing your interpersonal and intrapersonal qualities. Your storytelling ability can guide their judgement of you - not the length of your merit.
Each of the 38 dental schools that offer an Advanced Standing Program offers one among only 4 interview formats known to them (either in-person or virtual)
- 1-on-1 personal interviews
- Most intuitive format of interviews. You might have the opportunity to formally or informally know who your interviewer is - and is always good
- Many-to-one Panel Interview
- Multiple mini-interviews
- KIRA automated interviews
Articles
- Understand 5 myths around Advanced Standing Interviews
- How to answer Critical Thinking Questions in DDS Interviews
- How to answer leadership questions in a dental school interview
Videos
- We interviewed a CU candidate. Check it out:CU Dental Interview Prep for ISP students | Dr. Jui Kalanjkar
- Karthik and Nourah were asked the common interview questions here. Check this out:US Dental Interview Questions Answered
- Leadership Questions:How to Answer Leadership Questions in Dental Interviews?
- How does diversity matter in your DDS Admissions:Why does Diversity matter in your DDS Admission?
- Ethical Scenario Questions:Ethical scenario questions for US dental school interviews
- We interviewed a fresh graduate:ISP 2020 Dr. Leela shares tips to crack Colorado Admissions and life at CU Dental (Fresh graduate)
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