Questions directly from application:

Applicant is interested in a career in dentistry and research in dentistry; looking for

the academic route. Applicant wants to specialize.

What are your career aspirations?
Why do you want this path?
Do you know what youre getting yourself into?
How do you pursue this path?
What specialty are you most interested in?
Why academia?
Why academia through dentistry, not medicine or alternative healthcare-
related professions?
What challenges do you anticipate in dental research?
What is an interesting research question pertaining to dentistry?
Explain your research in layman terms.
Explain your research like you are speaking to students in grade 6.
What topics outside of your field are you interested in? Give me an example
What is the difference between dentistry and medicine?
What is the difference between research in dentistry and medicine?
What challenges do dental research-based practitioners encounter in their
everyday jobs?
Why did you get a 17 in QR? 18 in PAT?
What procedures did you observe during the time you shadowed Dr.
Mastropaolo?
Talk about X volunteer experience.
What did you learn from X extra curricular experience?



Questions about dentistry:

What is dentistry?
Why dentistry?
What is the biggest challenge dentists face today?
o Implementing advances in dental care and continuing education
What are the specialties in dentistry?
What continuing education programs are available for general dental
practitioners?
What is your most/least favorite aspect of dentistry?
o Least favorite: making difficult decisions regarding managing a clinic
What sacrifices are you expected to make as a dental student?
What is your opinion about our global outreach programs?
What is your backup plan if you dont get into dentistry?
What characteristics are important in a dentist? Which of your
characteristics are best and worst for this career?
Who has been your greatest influence to get into dentistry?
What do you feel about the future of dentistry?


Questions about NYU:

Why NYU?
o Leading institution in dental research in the world/ proven excellence
clinical training/ patient diversity/ living in New York/ big class/
faculty mentorship/ program that I can see myself doing well in
What do you dislike about NYU?
Why not study in Canada?
Where else have you applied and interviewed?
o Didnt interview anywhere else; applied everywhere
Where does NYU rank in your top 5 choices?
Why should we pick you?
o My contributions to NYU
o Through my experiences Ive demonstrated that I am a team-player
o I am hard working and will train to give back to the community
What is your most/least favorite thing about NYU?
o
Do you know the name of the dean of the college?


General interview questions:

Tell me about yourself
Tell me about a conflict you were involved in and what you did to overcome
it.
Tell me about your greatest accomplishment.
Tell me about your biggest failure.
Tell me about an ethical dilemma you encountered.
Tell me about your proudest moment.
What can you tell me about yourself that is not in your application?
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
Tell me about a time you demonstrated leadership skills.
Tell me about a time you worked well in a group.
Who is your role model/hero?
What is your backup plan?
If you dont get in, how do you make your application stronger?
How do you manage your time?
Talk about a time when you had to follow a policy you disagreed with.
o
Talk about a time when you disagreed with a person of authority and how
you dealt with it.
How do you manage your time?
If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be and why.
What books have you read lately?
What is one thing you would change about yourself?
What makes you unique among other applicants?
What was the kindest thing that youve done?
If I had to choose between you and another applicant with the same stats,
why should I choose you?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
If there was one thing we can remember you by, what would it be?