Admitted

Have you done research? Walk me through the project and what was specifically yours.

Whether you can explain technical work clearly to a non-expert — which is the same skill as explaining a treatment plan to a patient.

How to structure your answer

  1. 1The question the project asked, in plain language
  2. 2Your specific contribution
  3. 3What you found
  4. 4What you'd do differently

A strong answer

What lands
Yes. I worked on the impact of dental adhesives on longevity of restorations. We tested 5 different types of adhesives. My job for the first six months was cutting and mounting samples, about three hundred of them, and later I ran the machine that pulls until they fail. We found that one adhesive worked much better than the others. But I should say the research is funded by the company who makes the good adhesive, so you have to take the results with a grain of salt.

An exact role, an honest result, and the limitation named before anyone has to ask for it.

A weak answer

What most people say
I worked in a biomaterials lab for about two years. We were investigating the shear bond strength of resin composites to dentin substrates under thermocycling conditions, using a universal testing machine and imaging the failure interface afterward. I was involved in the whole project from start to finish, and what we found was that the surface treatment made a significant difference in the results.

Jargon a non-expert can't follow, and "involved in the whole project" hides the actual role.

The trap

⚠Two failures. Drowning them in methodology so they can't follow, or overstating your role in someone else's project. If you washed glassware, say so and say what you learned watching.

Reading it isn't the same as saying it.

Most people can explain a good answer and still fall apart saying one out loud. Admitted asks you all 100 questions in a faculty voice, records you, and scores your pace and filler words.

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