virtual interview

Do you want to ace your interviews? In this two-part series, you will learn how to grade and improve your answers to common questions, such as “Tell me about yourself” and “What’s your greatest weakness”. You will see how to avoid common pitfalls and showcase your strengths and personality. Read on and boost your interview skills and confidence.

A handful of US medical schools have begun using the Kira Talent Interview as an additional way to assess applicants and screen them for interviews or acceptances. Find out everything you need to know about this assessment tool so that you can be fully prepared and give your best performance!

Did you know that the art of clowning has many applicable lessons for your medical school interview? It might sound like we're clowning around, but as you'll soon find out, that's the whole point. Savvy Pre-Med's resident clown, Matt Dranzik, is here to impart key advice for your interview that's informed by tried-and-true clowning techniques from his years of classical training in the circus. This is a must-watch take on medical school interviews that you won't find anywhere else. Don't miss it!

Have you gotten any interviews yet for the 2022-2023 cycle? If not, it's still pretty early in the interview season (schools have been known to extend interviews as late as March or April). However, we want to give you a head-start in your preparation through our convenient infographic. How does the infographic work? Just hover over the school of interest, and our map will tell you the essential information about that medical school's interview format. Whether it's a one-on-one, panel, group, hybrid, traditional, MMI, or any other format under the sun, our infographic is a great resource for your preliminary medical school interview prep. Check it out!

Now that medical school virtual interviews are underway, we’ve talked to some applicants who have interviewed already, so that we could pick their brains and share some insider tips with you. Hopefully these insider tips will give you the edge you need, or at least provide some much-needed comfort during this nerve-racking time. 

Secondary application fees range anywhere from $75 to $150, averaging at $112.5. What if we told you that you could significantly improve your virtual interview appearance for less than a single secondary fee?

The makers of the CASPer, Altus Assessments, have decided to create their own version of the AAMC Video Interview Tool for Admissions (VITA), so that they can cash in on this new market (even though they’re a bit late to the party). Now Altus will have two CASPer tests that it can charge applicants for. Maybe they should spell it CA$$$Per…

Some of the first medical school interview invites have been sent out for the 2022-2023 cycle, and several medical schools are sticking with the virtual interview format, which can add an additional layer of anxiety for applicants due to the somewhat awkward and impersonal nature of virtual platforms, as well as the somewhat unpredictable technology issues that can arise. With this in mind, you might be wondering if there are any strategies that can give you an edge and help you crush your virtual interviews for medical school.

Even if you practice for the VITA until you’re blue in the face, it might feel like you’re alone in an echo chamber, with no objective way to gauge the quality of your responses. That’s why we wanted to place you in the position of the evaluator by showing you a sample VITA response and inviting you to participate in our critique. By seeing the negatives and positives of someone else’s sample, you can hopefully improve the quality of your own answers.

In your medical school virtual interviews, you will be presented with complex questions aiming to gauge your ability to address the AAMC pre-med competencies. Don’t panic quite yet! We’re here to cover some tips for how to ace your responses.

We’ve all had those moments when technology fails us - the projector craps out before your big presentation, the Facetime call drops right before you ask the other person on a date, or autocorrect turns ‘meditate’ into ‘menstruate.’ We’ve all been there. It’s usually not a huge deal, and we accept it as the trade-off for the immense power and convenience that technology affords us every day. But with your medical school virtual interviews, there’s a lot more at stake when it comes to a potential technological failure. With that in mind, we wanted to provide some tips to ensure that your virtual interview isn’t jeopardized by faulty technology.

Even as we enter the post-COVID era, it seems as if virtual medical school interviews are likely a permanent fixture of the admissions process. On one hand, this has some benefits in saving time and money for both the schools and applicants. But on the other hand, it creates an additional challenge for applicants that they wouldn't face during in-person interviews - how do they optimize their virtual appearance over Zoom or other online platform? In this post, we’ll answer the questions about aesthetics and appearance that we know you’re dying to ask as you prepare for your medical school virtual interviews!

Imagine having to record an 18-minute speech about your qualifications for becoming a physician. Now imagine that speech being sent to all the medical schools you’re applying to, without being able to make any edits or start over. Sounds pretty terrifying, right? Well, that’s essentially how the new AAMC Video Interview Tool for Admissions (VITA) is going to work… more or less.