For example:

"A food pantry volunteer repeatedly arrives late, leaving teammates to cover for him.

You learn they have caregiving responsibilities for their dad.

How would you respond?"

I usually need to have a "right answer" in mind before I even start thinking...

with a wrong answer lol tf

you begin your response with "correct me if im wrong..."

(Interviewing at a top 5 med school and struggle with ethical scenarios because lowkey autistic)

i dont get it

who am i in this hypothetical

the dad

What

You talk about it

You need to have a conversation about having a conversation?

Just ask them how everything is going and let them lead the covo you will eventually get to the point your trying to get at

And if you don't then you know what time it is and you eventually bring up the late s***

Really if they get to the s***s then thank them for coming in despite s*** but say we can't be doin alluh dat

With another question

Kill the dad. No distractions

How would YOU respond?

This isn’t about a right or wrong answers. It’s about problem solving and coming up with solutions. It’s about being a human being and showing the interviewer how you handle human issues

It blows my mind that so many med school prospects struggle with EI and even CARS on mcat

If you were in that position what would you want from your employer? From your peers? Have you ever had a situation like this in the past?

I’ve had coworkers in medical have their kids diagnosed with cancers, partners have died, etc. Obviously their work was impacted. The team supports them, we try to work with them to support them through that time and not immediately jump to punitive action, at the same time you must maintain that certain standards should be upheld. Do they need time off? That’s totally fine. Do other people have to pick up more work? That’s every day. That is called teamwork, it’s normal. You will never work a day in healthcare where you didn’t pick up extra work someone else didn’t do.

You just answer the questions like a human being and you show them that you are thinking through it and you say what you’re thinking. Put real thought into it.

It’s good to practice answers and good to run through practice questions but never rehearse and memorize. Keep big bullet points in mind and naturally incorporate them into answers. As someone who has sat on interview panels for intensivists, surgeons, and anesthesia, we can often tell when people are regurgitating answers.

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Not directly answering OP’s question but once I figured out that any decision I make doesn’t have to be defined in a binary right or wrong, life got so much better for me. I make my choices, I try to make the best of them based on who I am and what I’m about

Only correct answer itt. Old man is an enemy of progress

I mean first you have to start by asking has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look? I mean s*** you tell me bro

Make a joke

Thanks for your input

CARS comes naturally to me, but emotional intelligence is admittedly a weakness

For interviews so far, rehearsal has honestly helped me a lot

I guess my issue is I haven't had to deal with many situations like this in the past

It seems like you’re high key extremely autistic

Coordinate with him to find a more appropriate start time that will accomodate his schedule and yours

say the most wrong answer as aggressively as possible to scare the person asking the question

Be profound and walk away

empathy ting