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Transitional Year Residency Program

Las Cruces, New Mexico

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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

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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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