Duke University School of Medicine interview questions
187 verified questions reported by candidates across 2 roles at Duke University School of Medicine. Each one is archetype-tagged so you can see the pattern, slot the right STAR story, and practice out loud against an AI interviewer.
16 questions, grouped by role
Top 8 per role by quality score. For the full list per role, follow the role link in each section heading.
Physician
All Physician questions →- 1A stressed resident asks you to deliver bad news to a family. What do you say?
- 2How would you respond to a student refusing to treat an HIV-positive patient without gloves?
- 3Tell me about a specific research project and why it captured your interest.
- 4An 80-year-old patient with congestive heart failure and kidney disease refuses dialysis. How do you respond?
- 5How would you choose whether to give a drug to a patient that asked for it by name, but where there wasn't a solid evidence base for its use?
- 6Pretend I am an 80 year old woman with CHF and kidney failure who is refusing dialysis. What would you do?
- 7Your terminally ill grandfather asks for help ending his life. What do you do?
- 8A close friend reveals they're HIV positive. What do you say?
Registered Nurse
All Registered Nurse questions →- 1Describe a technical project where your initial approach failed. How did you diagnose the issue and adjust your strategy?
- 2Describe a challenging customer interaction and how you successfully de-escalated the situation.
- 3Describe a situation where you successfully communicated complex technical information to a non-technical audience.
- 4Tell me about a time when you experienced interpersonal conflict with a colleague. How did you resolve the disagreement professionally?
- 5Describe a professional project where you encountered significant challenges and were ultimately unable to achieve the intended outcome.
- 6Describe a high-pressure clinical scenario in the ICU where you had to quickly assess and manage a complex patient situation.onsite
- 7Describe a project where you successfully collaborated with team members from diverse professional or cultural backgrounds.
- 8Describe a situation where you successfully united a team to overcome a challenging technical or organizational obstacle.
Common questions
It varies by role and round. A phone screen is usually 5–8 questions, on-site loops 15–25 across multiple interviewers. The full Duke University School of Medicine loop tends to surface 30+ distinct prompt patterns across the rounds, which is what we've banked here.
Yes — every question on this page is verified, meaning at least one candidate reported being asked it in a real Duke University School of Medicine interview. We don't pad the list with generic prompts that weren't reported.
Pick the role section most relevant to your interview, run three to five questions through the practice tool out loud, and read the per-answer scoring. Most candidates who land an offer report 8–15 practice sessions over two weeks before the interview.