Personal & Self-Awareness

Do you know yourself? Can you talk about weakness without spin?

14 questions · Written by Victoria Young, DDS

Tell me about yourself.Almost always the opener. They're assessing whether you can be interesting,…
What's your greatest strength?Self-awareness and whether you can support a claim with evidence.
What's your greatest weakness, and what are you doing about it?Honesty and growth. They know the disguised-strength trick and they are tired…
How would your closest friend describe you? How would someone who doesn't like you describe you?The second half is the real question. It tests whether you can hold an…
What accomplishment are you most proud of?Your values. What you pick matters more than how impressive it is.
What do you like to do for fun?Whether you're a whole person. Committees actively worry about applicants with…
How do you handle stress?Whether you have real coping infrastructure. Dental school is genuinely hard…
What do you do to recharge?Sustainability. Same underlying concern as the stress question, asked more…
Tell me about a book, podcast, or article that changed how you think.Intellectual curiosity and whether you engage with ideas beyond coursework.
Tell me about your biggest failure and what it taught you.Accountability. They want to see whether you can own something without…
What's the weakest part of your application, in your opinion? Walk me through why it was hard and what you did about it.Self-awareness and accountability. They already know where the soft spot is —…
What makes you different from the other applicants we're interviewing today?Whether you know your own value proposition and can state it without arrogance.
If you could have dinner with three people, dead or alive, who would you pick?What you actually value, delivered sideways. Nobody has a rehearsed answer, so…
How would your friends describe you in three words?Self-awareness under a word limit. The constraint is the test — three words…

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