What Interview Questions Have Been Asked Before At Virginia Tech?

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Hot Interview – Had Seen Application

• Asked about hobbies and interests
• What kinds of books do you like to read and why?
• What are your three strongest traits? One weakest?
• Asked about animal experience
• Asked about research experiences
• Asked about farm experience
• Asked about clinical experience – what exactly did you do? Did you enjoy it?
• Experiences with other veterinarians
• Of your vet experience, what is the most difficult situation you have faced and how did you deal with it?
• How do you feel about the overpopulation of vets?
• How does that change the way vets do business?
• Asked about euthanasia of healthy animals
• Asked about using live animals in research
• Asked if a vet could also be a hunter
• How do you feel about the use of live animals in vet school?
• How do you feel about the use of animals in pharmaceutical research?
• What do you think about the idea of using animals to teach people on welfare about responsibility?
• What do you think is one of the biggest issues facing veterinary medicine today?
• How do you feel about ear docking?
• How do you handle stress?
• Veterinary school is an intensive, stressful process. How do you deal with lots of pressure?
• If you had lots of things to do and weren’t sure if you could do them all, what would you do?
• What is the most challenging class you’ve ever taken?
• Why do you want to be a vet?
• What will you do if you are not accepted?
• How does economics (their major) tie into veterinary medicine?
• Where do you see yourself in 5–10 years?
• What of your high school experiences translates into later life?
• What class that you’ve taken do you think will help you the most in veterinary school? Why?

Cold Interview – Had Not Seen Application

• What are you planning on doing after your interview today?
• Asked for overview of experience
• Asked about research experience
• Tell us about your motivation, experience, etc.
• What is the depth of your experience?
• Of your vet experience what do you enjoy the most.
• Is giving untested vaccines ethical?
• Should veterinary medicine be high–tech when humans are suffering?
• What is your obligation as a health professional?
• What do you see as your obligation to the community?
• If you saw a colleague making a mistake, how would you deal with it? How would you approach him?
• How would you feel if you saw a fellow student cheating in vet school?
• How do you feel about animal research?
• What is your role in protecting your animals against animal rights activists?
• Asked euthanasia questions – scenarios – what would you do in this situation?
• Treatment of animals whose owners don’t appear to be able to pay. Would you treat an animal hit by a car even though the owner won’t pay?
• Do you have the right not to treat an animal?
• Should people be allowed to own exotic species?
• Who should you call if you think the animal you are treating may have been abused?
• How do you feel about use of animals in research
• You have a pregnant mare. The fawn is very valuable – but has 3 months left before term. The mother has a tumor in her upper respiratory tract and can’t breathe. The mother will die – but you want the fawn. What do you do?
• You have a bitch who gave birth to 9 puppies – she can’t feed them all – what would you do – how would you distinguish those that were undernourished?
• How do you feel about livestock vs. wildlife grazing?
• How do you relax?
• What type of branch of veterinary medicine are you most interested in?
• Have you thought of specialization?
• What job opportunities are there for vets other than private practice?
• What do vets make when just starting out?
• Do you know the salary range for vets?