Oral Surgery Residency Mock Interview
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Question 8 of 30
Do you have an area of weakness that you would like to improve as you enter oral surgery residency?
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Nisha Yadav is a Talent Advisor & People Specialist with a focus on global talent attraction. Her earlier career experience includes HR and recruitment roles where she specialized in contract and permanent IT recruitment opportunities.
Throughout their years of experience seeing incoming classes of oral surgery residents, your interviewing team knows that no candidate is the perfect resident and all come with a weakness or two. Your interviewers ask this question to hear that you are aware of your shortcomings and are ready and willing to take the steps to improve in those areas as a new oral surgery resident.
Nisha Yadav is a Talent Advisor & People Specialist with a focus on global talent attraction. Her earlier career experience includes HR and recruitment roles where she specialized in contract and permanent IT recruitment opportunities.
"I believe I could improve my written communication skills as I tend to be blunter than I would like to be when sending written communications. This is a skill that I continue to improve by taking a weekend workshop last year and having my current faculty at my dental school critique my work. As a resident in your program, I will continue to hone my written communication skills using your EMR and input from your faculty."
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
First and foremost, you want to discuss a weakness that is not a core skill for your success as an oral surgeon. You can be candid in your answer, recognizing that you aren't great at something and acknowledging your need to improve. Be sure to have an action plan to improve this weakness to impress your interviewers.
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