Good Residency Interview Questions

I am going to start keeping a log of good interview questions I think of along the residency interview trail, feel free to post yours!

-To Chair: How does this program balance education, research and clinical care among its faculty? For example, how much non clinical time do the core faculty have?

– To Program Directors: Please explain why you received a ____ year instead of a five year ACGME accreditation and whether you had any citations

– Tell me about a time you mentored an resident and what lesson you taught them
– If you were me, what opportunities for would you take advantage of in your CA-3 year?
– To resident: On average, how many hours of sleep do you get per night, how many hours of reading per night? Off the top of your head, who do you dread being in a room with?

-To senior resident: What frequency % decisions do you get to make? Tell me about someone who has mentored you here. What was the last change they made in the program as a result of resident feedback? How politically involved, how much research, extramural activities do the residents get involved with?