QUESTION 16 OF 30

What are your plans if you do not secure a fellowship position?

The interview panel wants to know if you're the kind of person who thinks ahead and has an alternate plan for when things don't work out as intended. This happens often in medicine, so when you share your alternate plan with the interviewers, they will feel confident about how you view the big picture.

Let the interviewers know what you plan to do if you do not match into a fellowship position. Reassure them that fellowship is your number one goal, but that you have made alternate plans. If you'd plan on gaining clinical experience and then applying for a fellowship the following year, it's okay to share that.

"While I'm extremely hopeful I'll have the opportunity to become a NICU fellow, I realize it's possible I won't match. With that in mind, I've been speaking with several of my mentors about clinical opportunities in the area. I also reached out to a pediatrician in my hometown, and he's agreed to introduce me to several local physicians who are looking to expand their practices."

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