Internal Medicine Residency Interview Questions
Go Back1. What worries you the most about joining a reputable Internal Medicine Residency?
2. What are your thoughts about relocating to and living in this city as an Internal Medicine Resident?
3. Tell me about a time you showed initiative by taking the lead on a team project.
4. Tell us about a time you had to work with new technology. What did you do to ensure proficiency as quickly as possible?
5. Where do you see yourself in five years following your Internal Medicine Residency training?
6. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
7. Are you considering or interviewing with any other Internal Medicine Residency programs?
8. What does the perfect day look like for you?
9. What are some key things that you are looking for in an Internal Medicine Residency program?
10. What aspects of our Internal Medicine Residency program interest you?
11. Do you have any questions for us?
12. As an Internal Medicine Resident, how will you explain a complex diagnosis, procedure, or other medical term to a patient using verbal instructions?
13. What will you bring to our Internal Medicine Residency?
14. Tell us about a time you had a conflict or witnessed a physician in conflict with a patient. How was it resolved in a healthy manner?
15. How would you deal with a disagreement among resident colleagues or senior residents as an Internal Medicine Resident?
16. What personality type or characteristic do you find most difficult to work with?
17. Tell me about a time you received criticism from an attending physician or resident during your time in medical school. How did you handle that situation?
18. What animal best describes you?
19. What are some challenges that the field of Internal Medicine is currently facing?
20. How would you like to see the delivery of healthcare evolve?
21. What are your thoughts on the relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry?
22. How do you feel about the 80-hour work week limit for residents?
23. Do you believe telehealth is an effective form of healthcare delivery?
24. A recent patient survey comes back, and you find out that you did not meet a patient's expectations as their physician. What are the next steps you would take to improve as an Internal Medicine Resident in training?
25. Talk about a difficult patient experience you had during medical school. How did you deal with it?
26. What is the biggest challenge you faced in medical school?
27. Who would you say is your hero?
28. If I asked your friends, what would they say are your strengths and weaknesses?
29. Describe your personality in three words.
30. What motivated you to pursue an Internal Medicine training program?
31. Why was your motivation to pursue a career in medicine?
32. Take some time to tell us about yourself.
33. What do you like to do for fun?
34. I see that you struggled with 'X course or rotation' in medical school. Why was that?
35. While attending medical school, what was your favorite course and why?
36. How would you stay on top of trends and changes in the medical industry as an Internal Medicine Resident?
37. Have you completed all ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) requirements to start an Internal Medicine Residency?
38. Tell us about the most interesting case you were exposed to while attending medical school.
39. As a new trainee in our Internal Medicine Residency, how would you handle being asked to do a procedure or task that you were unfamiliar with and uncomfortable handling?
40. How do you think you will perform under pressure as an Internal Medicine Resident?