In person interviews

[32guest]

I heard some programs are going back to in-person interviews? is this true? Anyone know which programs?

[Guest]

It’s 50% or more… likely more next year.

[Guest]

Why is this so? Their is literally no advantage to in-person interview. Research has shown that interviews can easily be gamed. It selects for people who game the system, as opposed to honest but a bit awkward people.

[Guest]

Do they not care about non wealthy applicants who don't have thousands to spend on flights and hotels?

[Guest]

^ That is a good point too. In-person interviews are not good also because they benefit wealthy people who can afford lots of flights, hotels, etc.

Abolish in-person interviews, research has shows that they have literally ZERO benefit.

[Guest]

What research? I would argue you can get to know a person that you potentially spend 7 years training by seeing them for more than a 15 minute interview. Why does very thread seem to now converge on whining that something isn’t fair?

[Focus]

Keeps people from using chat gpt to answer their interview questions.

[Guest]

There is no convincing research either way. The ChatGPT argument is the most convincing one I’ve seen. Virtual interviews seem most useful for spots that opened unexpectedly. I bet if virtual interviews continue to be a thing (unlikely), in-person interviews may be one of those optional things that come up…in the same way the dinner before interviews was “optional.”

[Guest]

Believe me, you don’t want to spend 7 years with an obnoxious person and in-person interviews are great for filtering people based on personality fit. A ten-minute in person interaction tells you a ton if you have good enough EQ

[Guest]

^ Bull shit. I know several bullies from high school and college who went on to become surgeons. Obviously, in-person interviews never filtered them out. In fact, many of you surgeons here were former bullies.