UNC School of Medicine interview questions
151 verified questions reported by candidates across 2 roles at UNC 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 →- 1Tell me about a specific patient interaction that shaped your perspective.panel
- 2What would you do if you performed a procedure on the wrong patient?mmi
- 3Tell me about a time you struggled to work with someone. How did you handle it?panel
- 4Tell me about one or two patients that you can specifically remember from your work at the dental clinics and what did they teach you?
- 5What's your greatest failure, and what did you learn from it?panel
- 6Describe an ethical challenge you've encountered. How did you respond?panel
- 7What would you do and say to a patient if you did a root canal on the wrong tooth?
- 8If a husband's wife was dying and he couldn't pay for the medicine and he broke into the pharmacy to steal the medicine, how would you react to this situation?
Registered Nurse
All Registered Nurse questions →- 1Describe a situation where you identified a potential safety risk and the steps you took to address it.onsite
- 2How would you design a real-time system to track and report occupancy across multiple floors of a large office building?onsite
- 3Walk me through the key factors that influenced your decision to pursue an MD anesthesiologist path versus becoming a CRNA.onsite
- 4How would you diagnose and resolve high employee turnover in a specific department or team?onsite
- 5How would you design a system to detect and prevent duplicate conversations or requests?onsite
- 6Describe how your nursing experience informed or prepared you for medical school.onsite
- 7Walk me through a past experience or project that you believe directly prepared you for this role.
- 8What factors influenced your decision to pursue software engineering instead of a career in nursing or healthcare?onsite
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 UNC 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 UNC 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.