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wicked_danu

The Interview

Feb 28, 2007 20:16

I woke up around 04:00 - it was 08:00 in Dubai and my body was tired of sleeping. For some time, I just lay on the bed with my eyes open, worrying about the interview.

Then Papa and Asif bhai woke up and we went downstairs [through the maze of staircases and hallways] to have breakfast. I didn't eat much because I was worried I'd get really ( Read more... )

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mdb_uk March 2 2007, 21:59:16 UTC

:o you were in southampton and you didn't tell me? :(

wicked_danu March 3 2007, 06:03:30 UTC

You were offline for like 2 days before I left Dubai.. plus I posted on my journal too sweetie.
So sorry! I was planning to call you when I got there, but like a chump, I forgot that slip of paper which has your number on it, in my wallet back home. But it's ok, I was just in So'ton for two days and it wouldn't have been right for you to drive to Southampton from Portsmouth in the middle of the week.

win2some March 4 2007, 18:29:32 UTC

Well, usually, from the experience I had in the U.K., if it didn't go so well, you'll hear pretty quick. Of course that could just be because I tanked on one interview for a job right from the very start, so it could just have been me, sucking swampwater.

The waiting will of course be the hardest part, but you have to mentally disconnect and get on with the daily grind - and, it's all a matter of perception: you may have thought that your answers were somewhere south of stellar; however, the interviewers may have thought the sun shone down from heaven and angels sang. Generally, it's somewhere in-between, but either way you did the best you could, and now, like most of life, it's a wating game.

Buena suerte!

wicked_danu March 5 2007, 14:07:54 UTC

The reason why they're delaying answering me by six weeks is because interviews go on till March 14th - 2 weeks after my interview. Plus 4 weeks to decide who's worth it and who isn't.

Though I like your encouraging/uplifting words - I'm gonna think positive. Well, I'll try at least.

Thanks :)

anonymous March 5 2007, 05:16:56 UTC

Hey, at least you went all the way down there and showed them that you really want to be there! Even if you don't think the interview went as you would have liked it, sometimes shooting from the hip is the best way to do it, and it sounds like you stood your ground, and I'm proud of you, Danu! Bully for you!

And no, it wasn't me there, unfortunately! I probably would have given you a giant bear hug if it had been me. Even if you don't recognize me at first, you'll recognize me by that!

Aleks

wicked_danu March 5 2007, 14:10:40 UTC

I certainly do need the bear hug :)

Medical school interviews and stuff ... anonymous March 6 2007, 01:09:17 UTC

Hey there! For some reason I can't work out how to add you to my rss feed ...

Anyway ... it sounds to me as though you did fine. These sorts of interviews are about getting to know the candidates more than anything else. They don't expect you to have a working knowledge of medicine, but more like, an interest. And an aptitude for learning more. Personally, I think your answers show that. But if they decide not to admit you, there are plenty more medical schools around the world. Come study in Tel Aviv :)

Nominally Challenged
http://danintlv.blogspot.com/

Re: Medical school interviews and stuff ... wicked_danu March 6 2007, 13:47:33 UTC

Hello! Livejournal's kinda screwed up this way - there's no way to add me to YOUR RSS feed, but I can add you to mine! Or something like that ;)

You really think I didn't do so bad on the interview? That's an encouraging thought.

Another friend of mine has suggested Tel Aviv to me. Because he lives in Tel Aviv too, haha. I'd love love love to go study there, but my Papa would never allow..

Re: Medical school interviews and stuff ... anonymous March 6 2007, 16:05:31 UTC

I actually managed to add you to my rss feeder after all :) But you're welcome to add me also. I just have to comment anonymously because I don't have an LJ handle. Oh well.

Hmm. You know what? Wait and see what happens. In any event, with medicine, I know that most places encourage students to do at least one semester elsewhere during the bachelor's degree - and then there's always the specialties, etc. It's a long path and I'm sure you won't be spending all of your time in the same university, wherever it ends up being.

There comes a stage, also, where it even becomes ok to do things that our parents may not think is wisest - but that comes a little later than where you currently are :)

Re: Medical school interviews and stuff ... wicked_danu March 6 2007, 17:30:45 UTC

Oh, it's great that the RSS feed thing is working for LJ. I'm just gonna read your blog off the original website, I dunno how to work the RSS feed.

I haven't got any concrete ideas about my postgraduate in medicine yet.. it's a long way off :)