Master 30 Dental Residency interview questions covering clinical cases, research experience, and program fit.
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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.
Learning more about your favorite courses, personal preferences, and professional areas of interest will allow your interviewers to better understand where your passion is within the field of dentistry. More so, they'll want to hear that this course had a direct influence on your reason for pursuing an additional residency in their program.

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.
"The course I enjoyed most and led me to pursue a fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery was my oral pathology course during my second year of school. The class exposed me to the nature, identification, and management of the diseases that affect the mouth and jaw areas. With my skilled hands and passion for this pathology, I can't wait to begin training in the surgical aspect with your program."

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Perhaps you had a great professor in a particular course or excelled in a certain area during your time in dental school. Briefly discuss what your favorite course was, and be sure to explain the reason.
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My favorite subject as a dental student was physiology, I have always been interested in the mechanism of how each organ functions.
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Nice! Can you talk more about what sparked this interest for you and when? Give more details about what you find intriguing about it and how it will help you as a dentist. Let your passion for the industry and this particular subject shine through, and build out your answer more so it resonates with the interviewer. Good job!
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