Interview Questions
- Tell me a time you had a disagreement with a supervisor or instructor and how you went about it?
- How would you go about telling a patient they have a terminal disease?
- How would you be empathetic with a patient?
- How would you go about a patient refusing treatment?
- Why our school? You have plenty in the state you are from?
- Explain OAT score?
- When you shadowed, what kind of care do optometrists provide?
- What is your academic super power?
- What is your academic kryptonite?
- What is most important to me when finding an optometry school
- What are your study habits, how do you study, when do you study, do you make to-do lists?
- If you had to study for the OAT again, how would you do it?
- Why would you be a good optometrist?
- What do you do for fun?
- Tell me about a hardship during undergrad and how you went about it?
- How did you study for the OAT?
- Why optometry?
- Tell me about a memorable patient you encountered while shadowing?
- Do you have any pets?
- Do you feel your GPA accurately represents you?
- Do you feel your OAT accurately represents you?
- Do you have leadership experience?
- Do you have research experience?
- what is your greatest accomplishment?
- What makes you stand out in your class?
- “What would you do if you did not get accepted?
- what would you bring to this school?
- What are some hardships you faced and how did you overcome them?