The executive engaged in the normal conduct of business devotes much of his time to interviewing. However, there is an appalling lack of effort given to systematic attempts at building improvements into this age-old process. Interviewing remains one of those activities which we think we know all about merely because we have been doing it so long; we have been lulled by habit. It seems apparent that a modest effort aimed at an analysis of our interviewing techniques would yield generous returns. In the broad sense, interviewing is the process whereby individuals (usually two) exchange information. The individuals may be concerned with a job opening, a promotion, a special assignment, a product sale, information for intelligence purposes, a proposed merger, or other questions.

You submit your application through a national data-base. Most applicants do a sub-internship in their 4th year of medical school to gain an advantage in the hiring process. However, this is not a mandatory requirement. The actual interview involves multiple mini-interviews with different members of the department, including current residents, faculty and the program director.