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Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
This question aims to evaluate your emotional intelligence and whether you have control over your emotions or allow your emotions to dictate your responses. Everyone handles the stress and disappointment of setbacks differently. In the medical field, setbacks can feel amplified, especially when another person's well-being is at stake. When suffering a setback, it's essential to prevent your emotions or stress from getting the better of you. One should always take their mistakes seriously, using them as an opportunity to learn and grow while ensuring one doesn't repeat them. But, being too hard on yourself can result in second-guessing yourself and tripping over your own feet, which can lead to more mistakes. Therefore, your admissions interviewers are looking for assurances that you'll be able to handle such difficulties with as much emotional intelligence and poise as possible.

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"Experiencing a setback is always disappointing and can be very disheartening, especially when involving a project that I have put a lot of time and effort into. I understand that setbacks happen to everyone - despite their level of expertise or years of experience. If I experience a major setback, I will take a few moments to debrief internally, get some fresh air if possible, or discuss what I could have done differently with a mentor. Then, I move on. Rather than dwell on my mistakes, I choose to learn from them."

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