Here's a list compiled over the years of commonly asked questions encountered during medical school interviews.

There is a fantastic post on the StudentDoc Medical School Interview Forum with over 140 sample questions and advice on the interview.

Medical School Interview Videos

Top 10 Questions

10. What do you do if you suspect a colleague (another doc) is abusing drugs?

9. Rank intelligence, compassion, and integrity in the order of importance to you. 

8. Why a physician? Why not nursing?

7. What part of your CV are you most proud of?

6. What made you go into medicine?

5. Tell me about yourself. (Don't give a complete life history. Summarize the key points in a chronological manner and sprinkle with few details in your more recent history.)

4. Why did you volunteer where you did? (See Sample Interview Question Video: Volunteering)

3. Who are your heroes/role models and why? (See Sample Interview Question Video: Role models)

2. Why did you apply to this medical school? (See Sample Interview Question Video: Why this medical school)

And the No. 1 most commonly asked question during medical school interviews is ...

1. Why do you want to be a doctor? (Give several key points in summary form. Replace very general responses like, "I want to help people," with more specific intentions.)

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