How would you react if you discovered a classmate cheating in our medical school at Albany Medical College?
This honesty-based question tests the character you would bring as a medical student at Albany Medical College. Your interviewer knows it will also reveal how you will deal with awkward or uncomfortable situations with their program.
"An honorable person will do what is right even when nobody is looking. The medical industry deserves only honorable graduates. For that reason, I would tell a faculty member of Albany Medical College if I found a classmate to be cheating. I feel that the severity of this situation goes beyond first confronting my classmate."
If you have found yourself in a situation like this, you can draw on that story for your reply. Be careful not to throw anyone under the bus, as you can rarely recover from unsavory behavior like that in an interview. One of Albany Medical College's core values is integrity in every decision they make, so an honest and straightforward approach to this situation will be best to win your interviewers over.
