Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Mock Interview

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Question 17 of 30

If becoming a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician was not an option, what career path would you have chosen outside of medicine?

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Rachelle Enns

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 better during their interview process to see how great of a match you will be for the culture and values of their program. This hypothetical question will give the interviewers some insight into other topics that interest you outside the medical field.

Rachelle Enns

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.

"If medicine wasn't an option, I likely would have pursued a career in education. My mother was an elementary teacher and has been at the 1st-grade level for most of her career. She was very passionate and had a great impact on the lives of all the students she taught. I have a lot of the same passionate qualities for providing education to young and impressionable kids."

Ryan Brunner

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 you should consider questions like this before your Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship interviews. 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.

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