Physician interview questions at Indiana University School of Medicine
87 verified questions reported by Physician candidates interviewing at Indiana 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 that pushes back the way a real one would.
Top 25 verified questions
Sorted by quality score (specificity, clarity, practice-worthiness) with a tie-break on most recently observed.
- 1Walk us through how you'd handle discovering a colleague with a substance abuse problem affecting patient care.situational·panel
- 2You catch a student cheating in your med school class. What do you do?situational
- 3If you had a patient who had TB and refused treatment, how would you handle it?clinical
- 4Tell me about a time you worked through conflict within a team or group setting.behavioral·panel
- 5Describe a time when things did not go your way or a time when you failed.behavioral
- 6What would you do if you saw a member of your study group cheating during a test?situational
- 7Tell me about a time when you were witness to overt racism and how did you respond?situational
- 8What is a decision that you regret making and what would you do differently?behavioral
- 9How would you change the health care situation in New Orleans?situational
- 10Describe a weakness in your application and how you've addressed it since.behavioral·panel
- 11What would you do if you saw another student cheating?situational
- 12If you were out at a restaurant and saw a doctor with whom you have worked that was visibly drunk, would you say anything to him?situational
- 13Tell me about a time when a decision you made was criticized.behavioral
- 14Tell me about a time you made a decision that put others first.behavioral
- 15Tell me about a time you put someone else before yourself.behavioral
- 16What would make you choose IU over the other med schools that you have applied to?culture
- 17If you caught a friend cheating on an exam, what would you do?situational
- 18If you were to be accepted into all of the schools to which you applied, what would make you choose Indiana University School of Medicine?culture
- 19Why medicine and what area of medicine are you most interested in right now?behavioral
- 20What clinical experience would you tell your children about 10 years from now?behavioral
- 21Why is a diverse healthcare system important and what diversity do you bring to IU?culture
- 22Explain cultural humility and give an example.culture
- 23How do you approach ethical dilemmas where the right answer isn't immediately clear?situational·panel
- 24If your best friend were cheating in class and you saw him, would you turn him in if he wouldn't turn himself in?situational
- 25How have you contributed to your community with your volunteer work?behavioral
Common questions
It varies by round — phone screen typically covers 5–8 questions, on-site loops cover 15–25 across multiple interviewers. The full Indiana University School of Medicine Physician loop tends to surface 30+ distinct prompt patterns, 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 Indiana University School of Medicine interview. We don't pad the list with generic prompts that weren't reported.
Pick three to five of the questions below in your weakest archetype, run them through the practice tool out loud, and read the per-answer feedback. Most candidates who get an offer report 8–15 practice sessions in the two weeks before the interview.
The behavioral questions stay roughly the same; what changes is the bar on the answer. At more senior levels, Indiana University School of Medicine expects more concrete business outcomes, more stakeholder management, and more scope in the stories. The technical bar also shifts upward.
Read them. Then practice them.
The list is the start. The reps are what move the score. First sample question is free.