Family Medicine Residency Mock Interview
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Question 30 of 38
If being a Family Medicine Physician was not an option, what career path would you have chosen outside of medicine?
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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.
Your interviewers want to get to know each candidate a bit better during the interview process. This hypothetical question will give the interviewers some insight into other topics that interest you outside of the medical field.
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.
"I do not regret the direction I have taken my career, and I'm looking forward to my Family Medicine residency training. If I were forced to start over in a new direction, I would likely pursue a career in education. I have a passion for teaching and look forward to this aspect during my career, shaping the futures of medical students and residents. I could see myself teaching the arts or sciences at the middle school level, where teenagers can feel the influences of these subjects on their future."
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
There is no right or wrong answer, but be sure to think about questions like this before your Family Medicine Residency interviews. As you answer, talk openly and honestly with your interviewers about where your career path would have ideally taken you if becoming a physician wasn't an option.
"If being a physician was not an option I think I would have been a social worker. It is my personal mission to help others. Social workers greatly help patients which would have been another good career path."
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