Stupidest things said in interviews!

**DrBaz** · 18-03-2006, 01:43 AM

i was just thinking about my sheffield interview this week after recieving an unexpected offer!
unexpected due to the fact that when i was asked 'why paediatrics?' i opened my mouth before thinking...

Dr : so...why paeds?
Phil: Because i like to....(awkward pause after realising what i was going to say)
Phil: to...
Phil: because i can get hands on with the kids..(pulling an awkward face)
Dr: (realises what i just said..)... Oh!...(pause)

NEXT QUESTION

**Punam** · 18-03-2006, 01:47 AM

hahahahaha...oh dude, im sorry..but thats pretty funny! but at least u got the offer! did they laugh when they realised what u said?

**Muffintops** · 18-03-2006, 01:58 AM

he he! Brilliant!!!

i had an interview at Birmingham, n the asked me about the GMC, i replied that it was a registered charity (as it says on website,), then i was pounced on...
Dr= registered charity dont think so lady, takin money off drs, not what i call
a charity, you seem to have some strange ideas (i think i must have hit a
nerve)
Amy = (whimper) its just what i read
Dr = well maybe ur right, i just dont think so somehow do you? in a really
mocking and mean voice. then laughs all round at my expense.

Then when i sed being a dr would be really diverse (thinking more on lines of hospital care and A&E), he replied "hmmm, dont think u have the rite picture, if ur a GP ur gonna c lots of common colds n stuff, u sure this is diverse? im not sure you have a clear conception of the role" AHHHHHHH!! they were MEAN!!!

then the med student asked if i have hobbies, i told her bout bein a swimmer, n she said "well i hope u dont think ur gonna b able 2 swim that much at uni, u sure u know what u wanna do?" ITS JUST A SPORT!!!!!

and i lest the interview with my head in a paper bag... until the offer came thru 2weeks later!!! he he!!!
Must not have responded TOO bad then!!!!

**bridget** · 18-03-2006, 02:16 AM

Dr: What do you think will be the best think about being a junior doctor
Me: Getting Paid!

In my defense I didnt engage brain before opening mouth and i had just been explaining how i would be able to afford 5 years of med school

oops

**rachelm** · 18-03-2006, 02:23 AM

At my Bart's interview they asked "why Bart's" and I reeled off a list of things about why I liked the place. Then I said "and the helicopter is cool!" They looked at me like I was three

**copperfungus** · 18-03-2006, 02:49 AM

At my Dundee interview, I admitted to skiving lectures, if I knew they are going to be rubbish! eek!

**deedee** · 18-03-2006, 02:58 AM

Dr: ahh, i see you did a-level physics, tell me what you know about x-rays.
me (brain goes blank): it's when they flash the light on the thingy! (d'oh)

Puzzled look from dr... then my brain switches back on or atleast i was able to blag it convincingly.

**W-Alex** · 18-03-2006, 03:31 AM

In my Leics interview, the dr said 'so, what do doctors exactly do?
Me: I listed somke things and then hit a blank before coming out with 'Well, they talk alot'
That comment plagued my mind, that is until they gave me an offer!!

**Just_ask_the_Axis** · 18-03-2006, 08:35 AM

Dr - "So what would you do regarding a patient who is offered heart surgery only if he agrees to give up smoking, which he refuses to do??"
Me- "Keep him well educated on the matter and maybe call in a drugs/addiction guidance counsellor"....(pause)..... "i've had good experience with them" ...........long pause......... implying that i myself have had a drug addiction (what i meant to say is i've heard good things about them).
I then laughed politley to try and relieve the tense atmosphere, the interviewers were not amused!!!!

**Big_D** · 18-03-2006, 08:43 AM

In my Glasgow interview:

Dr: Have you any idea of what specialty you'd like to pursue?
Me: cardiothoracic surgery
Dr: Have you any experience of this?
Me: No, but I have thought about stealing a chicken and suffocating it, then attempting to dissect it.
Dr: a kind of disturbed look and silence, then laughs all round.

Got an offer 10 days later tho.