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Neurosurgery Residency Program

Rochester, New York

The interviewer knows this program's name, city and what its website says about visas and international graduates, and your report checks whether your answers were about it.

What it leans on

Classic interviewThe questions every program asks, and a few about your specialtyBehavioral and ethicsConflict, mistakes, pressure and hard calls, answered as storiesInternational graduateVisa, gaps, US clinical experience and why train in the USOff-cycle or transferWhy now, why you left, and whether you can start mid-year

How hard, and how long?

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EasyA warm interviewer, no follow-ups. For a first runMediumWarm, with a follow-up when an answer is thin. Most interviewsHardA probing interviewer who presses for specifics and follows up more

Quick5 questions, about 10 minutesFull8 questions, about 20 minutes

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