14/08/08- IMU interview

Reached really early, and got to tour around for a bit and had fun getting lost. On the other hand, Spent some time on the papers whilst waiting for my turn/name to be called.

The whole thing took about 15 minutes.

The questons i got:
1. Tell me about yourself in a few sentences
i talked a bit about fam, edu, things i like etc.
(comment: i see that you don't have a problem in speaking english, even though you have rcvd your primary education in chinese eh? *muahahhaha*)

2. Why do you want to be a doctor?

3. Why IMU??
what i told them was true!! really wanted to go what...
(but then... circumstances don't allow it... i'd love to... but........sigh....)

4. Situation: Assume you are a pilot on this plane. A person suffers from heart attack.
Destination A: 2 hours away, thunderstorm, may endanger the others on the plane
Destination B: many many many hours away.
What to do????
Gave a not so creative answer to this one (even da interviewer said so himself):
if i'm da pilot, of cos i would be da best one around and would not experience any problem from those 'difficulties' in landing bah
then extra explanation based on that
(ya a bit muka tembok i know.. but i really didn't know what to say bah)

5. If a patient offers you 'something' (gift/whatever lah), do you accept??
of course not! duh..... explain well though....
If you do accept kan, wouldn't there be a conflict of interest (nolah just wanna show tat i study thinking skills)
professional ethics that you adhere to... explaination....

6. Are there any questions that you have for US??

That should be more less about it, albeit the change in the phrasing, points and all.... There's no right or wrong answer in the interview though. As long as you can present/support your stand well.

Lesley just had her interview... Wonder if they like her?? LOL
I don't think she has any problem getting through the interview though. She only speaks fluent english, malay and weird sounding chinese?? lol!

Personally, I think that as long as you have reached what i call their 'minimum' language standard that they hold, there's no problem acing the interview. Of course they do look at your resultslah. However, even if you have the best results any exam board can give you, but lack the communication/language skills required, then er, let me put it this way:

Will you understand what the patient is talking about/

will the patient understand what you're saying??