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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
It is okay to brag a little bit when answering this question. Show that you are proud of yourself and your career accomplishments on your path to becoming a pediatrician. Talking about your most significant achievement will give the interviewers an idea of where you place your values. It will also show the interviewers more about your personality, how you like to be motivated, and how to coach you in the future.

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"My greatest achievement so far was completing medical school with a newly adopted child. My sister died when I was in my second year of medical school, and she left behind my three-month-old niece. There was no one else to take care of her, and she would have gone into foster care. I underwent the adoption process and was allowed to adopt her six months later. I completed medical school despite the challenge of having a young child, which made me stronger and more responsible. She is also why I switched from wanting to work in emergency medicine to pediatrics. Children are such a joy, and I have a natural affinity for working with them."

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