Physician interview questions at UNC School of Medicine
131 verified questions reported by Physician candidates interviewing 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 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.
- 1Tell me about a specific patient interaction that shaped your perspective.behavioral·panel
- 2What would you do if you performed a procedure on the wrong patient?situational·mmi
- 3Tell me about a time you struggled to work with someone. How did you handle it?behavioral·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?behavioral
- 5What's your greatest failure, and what did you learn from it?behavioral·panel
- 6Describe an ethical challenge you've encountered. How did you respond?situational·panel
- 7What would you do and say to a patient if you did a root canal on the wrong tooth?situational
- 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?situational
- 9Describe how you'd approach improving oral health access in your hometown.situational·panel
- 10Would you be willing to move to NC?culture
- 11How does ethics relate to dentistry? Give a specific example.situational·panel
- 12Do you know anything about healthcare policy in NC and if so, what are your thoughts on the issue?situational
- 13What are two ways that you would increase access to dental care in America?situational
- 14Describe a time you felt like an outsider. What did that teach you?behavioral·mmi
- 15How would you address healthcare inequities in underserved U.S. regions?situational·mmi
- 16If you could go back and give advice to your younger self, what would the advice be and do you think your younger self would listen to it?behavioral
- 17Your DAT scores are strong. Why does your GPA not align with that performance?behavioral·panel
- 18Your GPA is fairly low compared to your DAT score, why is this?behavioral
- 19What are current issues in dentistry both in North Carolina and the country?situational
- 20Between UNC and ECU realistically, where would you choose?culture
- 21How has your identity as LGBTQ+ shaped your professional aspirations?behavioral·mmi
- 22What specifically attracted you to dentistry over other healthcare professions?behavioral·panel
- 23What about dentistry specifically drew you to it—is it money, working with your hands, or something else?behavioral
- 24How would you serve patients unable to afford dental treatment?situational·panel
- 25You walk out into your waiting room in ten years, what do you see?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 UNC 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 UNC 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, UNC 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.