Internal Medicine Virtual Interview Information
Virtual Interviews
The Internal Medicine residency program will conduct virtual interviews. You can expect to receive information about these interviews via email with a schedule and videos to watch. A sample virtual interview day will look like:
Sample of a Virtual Interview:
Day 1:
6-7pm: Meet and greet current residents
Day 2: You will have three separate, 20-minute interviews. For your convenience, we try to schedule them with minimal downtime between interviews.
- Interview with the Program Director
- Interview with a Chief Resident
- Behavioral interview with a faculty member
Our Graduates
- Matched applicants had mean Step 1 (229) and Step 2 (237) scores
- U.S. graduates, U.S. IMG’s and permanent residents comprise >85% of matched applicants
- A majority either were born, lived, educated, or worked in Illinois
Desired Characteristics:
- Superior communication and team building skills
- Capacity to adopt a growth mindset and be “coachable”
- Capacity to self-direct/monitor your improvement and development of competency
- Capacity to identify what you don’t know and develop the evidence based medicine skills to answer clinical questions
- A commitment to inclusion of diverse cultures, professionalism and personal wellness
- Passion for patient safety, quality improvement and teaching