Preventive Medicine Residency Mock Interview
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Who in your life has inspired you?
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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
The interviewers will ask this question to see if someone motivated you to pursue a career as a preventive medicine physician and also to hear how you communicate and connect with other people. It is best to describe a person you are close to and avoid political or religious figures. You do not know the interviewers' beliefs, and you definitely do not want to offend anyone.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"So many people have inspired me in my life. If I had to choose who has inspired me the most, I would say my grandfather. He immigrated to the United States from Cuba when he was 16 after his parents were killed in a car accident. He had two dollars and the clothes he was wearing and ended up living on the streets until he was 18 and had saved enough money from a paper route and shining shoes to rent an apartment. He now is a prominent cardiologist in Florida and showed me anything is possible with hard work and dedication."
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