Thoracic Surgeon Mock Interview
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Question 16 of 35
Do you do any volunteering in your spare time?
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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
Interviewers might ask this question to see how you spend your free time and if helping others in a volunteer capacity is a priority for you. It may be challenging to find the time to volunteer if your work hours hinder you from doing so, and if that is the case, you can explain your busy work schedule to the interviewer. Describe any type of volunteer work you have done recently or in the past, work or non-work related.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"Yes, I had volunteered quite a bit in the past before I went to medical school. Since I started school and became a thoracic surgeon, I have been working approximately 60 hours per week and have not had much spare time to volunteer. However, before medical school, I volunteered at a soup kitchen every Sunday for two years and spent one year in Haiti working with Habitat for Humanity. The group I was assigned to helped build homes for those who lost theirs in an earthquake. It was a wonderful experience, and I hope to have more spare time in the future to do volunteer work again."
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