Random Rummaging

In going through my bins and boxes, I came across a bunch of my med school application stuff. Some of this included my interview stuff: prep, school info, questions, etc. Since I'm a curious and somewhat distractible kid, I spent some time going through my notes. In doing so, I was reminded of different interview days and the different questions that came up. I've come up with a few lists, which are made in no particular order.

Most Common
-Tell me about yourself.
-What do you do for fun?
-Why medicine?
-When did you know that you wanted to be in medicine?
-Tell me about your research.
-Why did you apply to this school?
-Do you have any questions for me?

"Different" Questions
-You just woke up from the best dream of your life. Tell me about it.
-What factors do you look for in a medical school and how would you decide on one?
-I see you did some volunteer work in Mexico. Tell me about it. (I've never been to Mexico. This was the first question with this guy and a great start to the interview. He had the wrong file).
-What's your GPA and MCAT? (At a closed file interview, where he's not supposed to know those numbers). His response was "Oh. I see."
-I'll spare you the usual interview. Instead let's just talk. (And that's exactly what we did for the next hour. He found out I'd been on a few interviews already: we talked about medical education, his family, and gave me lots of advice).
-Tae Kwon Do, huh? Tell me about it.
-So, Rams or Bears?
-Tell me about this honors paper you wrote. (It was on a short story by Plato. Luckily I read over my entire app before each interview. I was really surprised he noticed this smaller detail. We ended up talking about it for ten minutes.)

Straightforward/Semi-Hostile Questions
-How many other interviews have you been on?
-Give me two reasons we should accept you over other applicants.
-Are you sure you want to be a doctor? Why? Especially in today's world?
-If there's one thing you want the admissions committee to know about you, what is it?

Personal Qualities
-Describe a time when you demonstrated personal growth.
-How do you deal with stress?
-Describe a time when you helped others.
-Tell me about a leadership experience.

Hypothetical/Ethical Questions
-A patient comes in and asks for a prescription for a relative without insurance. What do you do?
-You have a chronic smoker who refuses to quit. He is very healthy and becomes very agitated when asked to quit. What do you do?
-You just got the results of a neonatal genetic screening test and found an untreatable condition. How do you approach the situation and the parents? What if the parents suddenly become distant and disinterested in the child?
-There have been several studies involving flu shots and the elderly. Interpret this graph.
-You are the team doctor for a professional basketball team. You just found some signs that might indicate a career threatening condition. How do you address the athlete's, team's, and fan's concerns at the same time?

Medical Related
-What's wrong with the healthcare system today?
-Where do you see yourself in ten years?
-How do you want your patients to see you?
-How would you deal with a difficult patient?
-Tell me about other countries' health systems.
-Have you ever seen any questionable actions by Dr. Parks while working with/shadowing him?
-How, after all your clinical experience, will you handle two years of mostly preclinical work?
-Describe the process of becoming a doctor.

Cool Moments
-Talking about NFL football.
-Talking about Bulls and Illini basketball.
-"I sure as hell hope you come here."
-"This interview went very well, I'll do my best to get you in."
-"Let's just talk."

Stuff I Learned
-Interviewing is something that gets better the more it's done.
-Interview days were actually a lot more fun that I thought they would be. Sure, there's the stress for obvious reasons, but being around other kids going through the same thing makes it a lot easier.
-I don't know if I would do as well interviewing now as I did back during interview season. I guess it's something that happens when it needs to.