Rapport & Small Talk

The doorway conversation. Faculty use it to read whether you're a person they'd want in a clinic.

6 questions · Written by Victoria Young, DDS

Did you have any trouble getting here this morning — traffic, parking, anything like that?Whether you can hold a warm, unrehearsed conversation with a stranger. This is…
How was your drive in? Where are you coming from?Social calibration and warmth. They're also quietly learning whether you…
Have you had a chance to look around the campus or the clinic yet? What did you think?Whether you're observant, engaged, and capable of a specific compliment rather…
How's your morning going so far? Did you manage to get coffee?Basic human ease. They want to see whether you can be a normal person under…
How has your interview season been going so far?A professional opener that doubles as a soft probe — they learn how far along…
Before we start — tell me something about you that isn't anywhere in your application.Whether there's a real person behind the file, and whether you can be…

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Admitted asks them in a faculty voice, records your answer, and scores your pace and filler words.

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