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Tips to succeed on your ophthalmology interview!

1. Understand the context of your interview A. Who is interviewing you (professors). B. What are they looking for? Team players, prestige, legacy. C. In what context will they work with you? Program director, cataract staffing, subspecialty teacher. 2. Know your sell. Set the agenda whenever possible. Be able to summarize in one sentence. A. Who are you? B. Why ophthalmology? C. Why this particular program? 3. Do your preparation. A. Dress well B. Your interview is a set of stories. Be able to give a short version and long version for every single line of your application. Hobbies, research articles, abstracts, who you worked with, etc… C. Most questions are about what you have written down. D. Other questions include: interpersonal conflicts, interesting patient, “teach us something,” last book you read, who you look up to, how you overcame conflict, and more… a. You can’t predict every single question but in general, try to reinforce the image you are presenting, E. Know the program well and who the faculty are a. Know who is the department chair, who the program director is, who the chiefs of service are b. Look up the faculty and know their general story. Are they well know for a certain achievement?While doing this jot down questions that you might ask them. Don’t make the questions too specific because that will look weird c. Know how many residents there are and pay attention during the presentation to see how call works. Is this a resident centric program? Is it mostly independent or supervised learning? Understanding these things will allow you to phrase why you want to attend that specific program and avoid awkward interactions. d. Use the presentation and night before as material for your interview. Why the current residents like a program should be the reasons why you want to go. F. Practice and get feedback a. Imagine how much you studied for your USMLE exams or how much you work you did for your research articles. b. This is arguably more important than all of that because once you have the interview - it is up to the interview to determine how highly you are ranked. c. Practice with mentors or recite your stories and answers. Play it back for yourself and get criticism from people you trust. You want to make rookie mistakes before the real thing. 4. During the interview be in the moment and be flexible A. Bring your A game and trust your preparation. The best interviews are the ones that flow naturally in and out of conversation without you having to rely on your preparation.