Internal Medicine Physician Mock Interview

Master 26 Internal Medicine Physician interview questions covering clinical reasoning, patient management, and diagnostic expertise.

Question 1 of 26

Tell me a little about yourself.

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Audra Kresinske

Audra Kresinske is an educator with over 7 years experience teaching English and employment readiness skills.

This should be answered briefly and succinctly, and it should include why you want this position and the circumstances behind your leaving your current situation (they will want to know--and will ask if you don't say why).

Audra Kresinske

Audra Kresinske is an educator with over 7 years experience teaching English and employment readiness skills.

"I come here a few years delayed, as medicine wasn't my initial goal--I had gotten another degree. I had to go back to school to acquire some of the pre-requisites for my application to med school. Since then, I have been on track. I am married with one child. After finishing my residency, I joined the staff of the school for a year until I could decide where I wanted to go next. That brings me here."

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Of course! I grew up surrounded by science. My parents were both researchers and exposed me to this line of work from a young age. I spent quite a few days during my summer vacation watching them do different types of experiments. This exposure drove my interest in joining clubs like robotics and Science Olympiad during middle and high school. I decided to major in biology and join the premed track as I was interested in becoming a physician. After undergrad, I took a gap year to make sure this was a career I wanted to pursue. I worked as an emergency medical scribe to get more exposure as well as volunteered at the children's hospital. I also used this time to travel. This exposure as a scribe sealed the deal for me. I actually applied to medical schools with an interest in doing emergency medicine. During my rotations, however, I really felt becoming a hospitalist was my calling. I enjoyed working as a team with nurses, tech, case management, and consultants if they were on the team. I enjoy the acuity of care, watching the patients improve during their stay, and the overall diversity of medicine on a day-to-day basis.

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Nice! This is a very strong response. You come across as passionate, driven/ambitious, hardworking, and open-minded. You also provide the interviewer with a thorough description of your background and shed light on what led you to become interested in this field. Consider adding a few sentences about the qualities you possess that also make this career the right one for you, in addition to some of the skills you've learned along the way. Excellent job!

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26Internal Medicine Physician Interview Questions & Answers

1.Tell me a little about yourself.

2.What is it about this group/hospital that makes you want to be a part of it?

3.What can you bring to our group/hospital?

4.Do you have any past or current lawsuits, including any settlements?

5.Here we have a policy of _______. Do you have a problem with that?

6.If youâ€™re not available, due to illness or vacation, for example, how will your patients be cared for?

7.Do you have any personal problems with our seeing or assigning you indigent or â€œcharityâ€ cases?

8.If you were to see a peer doing or saying something inappropriate, how would you respond?

9.What invasive procedures are you planning to do?

10.How do you feel about telemedicine?

11.Are you going to be doing any chronic pain care?

12.Are there any substance abuse, domestic violence, or other background items that could impact the integrity of our hospital/group?

13.If youâ€™re on a rotational call for indigent patients or patients without a doctor, how would you feel about having to see a patient in the ED whom you had dismissed from your practice.

14.Would you be willing to accept whatever electronic medical record process is in use here?

15.How would you handle a problem in which Utilization Review wants you to discharge a patient who you feel isnâ€™t medically ready for discharge?

16.If you were to receive a communication from the Executive Committee about a practice issue of yours that it seems could have clinical repercussions, how would you address the members when meeting with them?

17.How timely is your practice to sign off on chart entries and make all of your dictations current? Have you ever been suspended from a staff for failure to do these?

18.Would you be willing to serve on a committee investigating an issue with one of your colleagues?

19.What would be your response to hearing a code being called in the middle of the night as youâ€™re getting ready to go home after attending a patient?

20.How is your attendance at general staff and department meetings?

21.Are you going to be doing any chronic pain care?

22.Do you accept Medicare assignment?

23.Do you have any hesitation referring to a cardiologist, pulmonologist, or other internal medicine subspecialty?

24.Many third-party payers are now basing reimbursement on evidence-based medicine. Do you agree this is the best way to practice?

25.Do you have any personal feelings for or against acupuncturists who may be on staff? Or holistic practitioners?

26.If you are summoned to a code by a hospital-wide announcement and, when you arrive, it is being run by a physician who is less qualified to do so, how would you ensure the patient is getting the best management?