Framework for answering QUOTES
questions.
A subset
of MMI prompts will present with a quote and the simple instructions to
“discuss with interviewer.” I had a lot of trouble with these as I felt that
the question was open-ended but the interviewers expected you to address
specific points. I learned this the hard way after an embarrassing 8 minutes
with an aggressive interviewer who told me that I had told him nothing. What
they’re really looking for is for you to define what the quote means to you,
and correlate that to a personal experience that exemplifies the quality. Essentially
this is the “give an example where you …” question in disguise. To that end,
here’s a framework I developed for answering quotation questions.
1. Define
what the quote means in its original context to its original author.
2.
Explain what this quote would mean to you.
3. Give a
personal example that exemplifies the quote.
4.
(optional) Give a personal example of how this might relate to you and
medicine.
An
example question:
“Try not to
become a man of success but a man of virtue.” - Albert Einstein
Discuss
the quote with the interviewer.
Follow-up
questions:
What does
success mean to you?
What does
a man of virtue look like to you?
Can you
think of an example in your life where you chose virtue over success?
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