You ideally want to discuss a quality that doesn't reflect poorly on you. Talking about demanding personalities may make you seem lazy or unable to work with demanding faculty in the program. Instead, choose a quality that prohibits even the most competent and hard-working doctors from delivering high-quality care or working as part of a high-functioning team.

"I sometimes find it challenging to work with people who are not team players. When I experienced this during my Emergency Medicine residency training, I made every attempt to make them feel included so they were comfortable participating as a team member. If things went deeper than that, it made busy shifts challenging. I learned that dealing with people straightforwardly when communications broke down was the best way to steer things the right way."