Interview Preparation Essentials

Interview Preparation Essentials

The most important interview of your career is coming – don’t leave it up to chance. Prepare for medical residency or fellowship interviews with a proven industry leader – Residents Medical’s newest online video course series.
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Are you ready to ace your residency interview?

You only get one chance to make a first impression on a residency program director. Make it a good one with the help of Playbook.

Interview Preparation Essentials

You’ve already accomplished so much – graduating medical school, passing board exams with high scores, completing your clinical rotations – but one of the biggest challenges of your medical career is still ahead of you. In order to advance into residency or fellowship, you must first interview successfully with the program director. Created from Residents Medical’s 25 years of experience helping medical school graduates achieve residency in the United States, Playbook shares knowledge from professional tutors, public speaking and interview experts, as well as current and former program directors and deans. This three-module video course will teach you the basics of interviewing, common questions to prepare for, and mistakes to avoid.

Learn how to:

  • 30 minute session with a program director
  • Behave in an interview setting
  • Master verbal and non-verbal communication
  • Dress appropriately
  • Prepare your space for video interviews
  • Practice your interview skills at home
  • Think about challenging interview questions
  • Avoid common mistakes

Interview Prep Plus

Get even more help from the proven residency and fellowship experts at Residents Medical and add additional items on to your Playbook Interview Prep package. Use our decades of experience and knowledge and get a leg up on your competition.

Interview Prep Plus includes:

  • 2 x 30 minute review sessions with a program director. Review each course, conduct a mock interview, get feedback, and learn more in-depth techniques.
  • One 1 hour prep session with a working Program Director
  • Three email response edit sessions with a GME expert. Use this time to craft the perfect “thank you” message to your interviewers and set yourself apart from other candidates.
  • All three interview prep video modules and everything else in Interview Preparation Essentials

Refine your interview skills online

Online access anywhere

Stream Playbook’s interview prep series any time, anywhere you have an internet connection. With mp3 versions also available, you can take Playbook with you even when you can’t watch.

Certified Instructors

With decades of knowledge and years of hands-on tutoring, Playbook instructors know the subjects they teach. Not only are they board certified MDs, they’re experts at sharing their knowledge with students.

Interactive Courses

Not just a video series, Playbook features interactive quizzes and rubrics, transcripts, streamable mp3 audio to take with you on the go, and a complimentary bonus webinar recording. Ensure you’re getting the most out of your interview prep with these additional tools.

Dr. Karthik Iyer

USMLE Specialist Tutor

Dr. Karthik Iyer is a passionate Step 1, 2, and 3 tutor who left a guaranteed dermatology residency position for his true purpose. From a young age, he knew that medicine was his gift and talent and, as a result, attended a 6 year BS/MD medical program at Northeast Ohio Medical University.

After graduating in the top 10% of his class at the age of 23 years old, he completed an internal medicine preliminary position at Cleveland Clinic-Akron General Hospital and, afterward, was accepted into a psoriasis dermatology research fellowship at George Washington Medical Faculty Associates with a residency track. However, he had been working as a USMLE Tutor during this time and, after taking his Step 3 exam, realized that his true calling was USMLE Tutoring. He left his dermatology position to become a full-time tutor to break down and teach others his strategies that allowed him to score a 273 on the Step 2CK exam. Outside of USMLE tutoring, his passions include languages (French and Spanish), soccer, and human/behavioral psychology.

 

Need more help preparing?

Interview Prep Plus

Get even more help from the proven residency and fellowship experts at Residents Medical and add additional items on to your Playbook Interview Prep package. Use our decades of experience and knowledge and get a leg up on your competition.

Interview Prep Plus includes:

  • One 1 hour prep session with a working Program Director
  • Three email response edit sessions with a GME expert. Use this time to craft the perfect “thank you” message to your interviewers and set yourself apart from other candidates.
  • All three interview prep video modules and everything else in Interview Preparation Essentials
  • Interview Prep Plus is available now for $539 through October 15 – after which the price returns to $599. Act now!

Limited time offer (expires 11/15/22)
Regular Price $599

Frequently Asked Questions

Playbook is a new online video course series developed by industry-leading graduate medical education company Residents Medical. It brings their more than two decades of success to an online always-on platform. 
Residents Medical education and tutoring packages can be priced out of the reach of some graduate medical students. While they offer a superior learning experience, Playbook is intended to make available many of the same concepts and skills at a more affordable price. It brings more than two decades of successful education experience to an always-on platform.
Yes! The interview prep course available now is just the first of many video courses intended to prepare medical graduates to take the next step in their careers – medical residency or fellowship.

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Bonuses!

Bonus Webinar

Featuring Playbook instructor Dr. Karthik Iyer, UC Davis School of Medicine Dean Dr. Raj Ramsamooj, and Residents Medical interview expert Brian Barry, this additional 45 minute webinar recording adds another layer of knowledge to prepare you for your interviews. Participate in a mock session with our experts, hear questions from other students, and gain additional tips for your upcoming interviews.

Interactive Quizzes

Make sure you understand the concepts presented in Playbook with an interactive quiz following each video. Take the time to complete each quiz before moving on to the next module to ensure your understanding of what you’ve just watched.