How has your interview season been going so far?

A professional opener that doubles as a soft probe — they learn how far along you are, and whether you can discuss a demanding process without complaining about it.

How to structure your answer

1Answer briefly and evenly
2One specific, positive observation about the process
3Turn it back toward being here today

Give a real sense of where you are without listing every school
Speak about the process with perspective rather than exhaustion
Mention something you've genuinely learned from interviewing
Close by connecting it to this school

A strong answer

What lands

It’s been a good experience. This is my third interview, and each one has helped me reflect on what I would bring to a dental school class. I am surprised to see so many applicants coming right from college. I worked as an accountant before pursuing dentistry. I’m excited to bring the attention to detail and teamwork I developed in that role into dental school, and I’m glad to be here today.

Turns the season into something he has noticed about himself, not something that has worn him down.

A weak answer

What most people say

It's been okay. This is my fourth one, and I have two more in December, so there's been a lot of travel and a lot of hotels. I'm pretty tired, honestly. I'll be glad when it's over and I can just find out where I'm going and start planning my life.

Honest, and it tells her you'd rather be finished than here.

The trap

⚠Two failure modes. Treating it as a chance to name-drop every interview you've been offered, which reads as leverage. Or sounding worn down by it, which reads as someone who would rather be elsewhere.

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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