"From the classroom to the OR, I have most often been challenged by staff who are poor communicators. As a General Surgery resident, I found that communication lines should always be open between residents, faculty, and the care team. If someone on my team wasn't communicating properly during residency training, I never hesitated to respectfully approach them to explain what I need from them concerning communication. If the problem persisted, I would take it up the proper chain of command. I would use this same approach in training in your Surgical Oncology fellowship program."

First, you'll want to pick 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 prevents the ability of even the most competent and hard-working doctors from delivering high-quality care or working as part of a high-functioning team. Knowing that you are human like anyone else, you don't want to skirt this question and say that you get along well with every personality type.