Most embarrassing moment in a university interview?

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Reply 40

elinorus

Hahahaha

Ha negged! some people have no sense of humour

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 41

HotfireLegend

I was going to say that! XD

Reply 42

Intriguing Alias

Original post by areebmazhar

Posted this on the med forum as well :smile:

This Chinese doctor walked me from the waiting room to the interview room, and whilst he was walking me down he was being really nice and asking how the tour was etc. Then the interview starts, and first is a transplant surgeon asking me questions and he's really nice and encouraging. He said some of my answers were very good and I was thinking outside the box, and they were pretty standard questions as well tbh. Then it's the Chinese doctors turn and I think to myself "oh, this guy seemed really nice, I'll just ace his questions and then I'm in-jobs a good 'un". But he jumps straight in:
"How would you persuade a fellow Muslim that the theory of evolution is correct?
"Ermm.. scientific evidence and stuff...?"
"Like what?"
"Fossil records and genome comparisons"
"And?"
"Sorry, I don't know"
"Hmm..ok, let's move on. You must have been asleep in your Biology lessons!"
*nervous laugh* "Haha, yeah that's right" (I started laughing very hard at his joke which I didn't find funny)
"Ok, so your friend has the answers for your medical final exam what would you do?"
*Give an answer talking about integrity and professionalism yet compassion and love for my colleague, and how I would not look at the answers*
"But reeallly?...Are you sure you wouldn't have a look?"
"Yes, I definitely wouldn't"
"Really? I'm sure if I was a medical student, I'd have a hard time not looking"
"To be honest, in the situation I might be tempted to have a good look through the answers"
"That's not very good is it?! What happened to honesty?"

Seriously, I think he found it funny to toy with me like that :tongue:

Ahaha sounds like he was having great fun. :tongue:

Reply 43

blacklistmember

(Oxford Maths)

-What's the inverse of

sin x^3

?

-

arcsin x^3

-Um it's not

-It's not? :s-smilie:

-It's not

-**** :smile:

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 44

Architecture-er

Got asked a question by the interviewer.

Forgot the question partway through.

Suffice to say I didn't get an offer :colonhash:

Reply 45

thompsonic7

At one of my university interviews I got up at the end, shook hands with them, said my thanks and goodbyes and left. Only for the interviewer to then call after me that I'd left my coat on the chair...

Reply 46

briesandwich

When I cried during my Nursing interview at Greenwich.

Prior to the interview I had to travel 2 hours on the train which was late, so I rushed to find the University in the rain, got lost, fell into a muddy deep puddle which covered my legs and arrived late to a room full of applicants looking at me. :indiff:

When I was called to the interview room my answer to "Why do you want to become a nurse?" was to cry. :tongue:

Somehow still got an offer though. :eek:

Reply 47

restoration

Original post by Florence321

Amazing! Good save :tongue:

Haha thanks.... Like to think of it as one of my finest moments... :colondollar:

Reply 48

Florence321

Original post by blacklistmember

(Oxford Maths)

-What's the inverse of

sin x^3

?

-

arcsin x^3

-Um it's not

-It's not? :s-smilie:

-It's not

-**** :smile:

What is it? :colondollar:

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 49

Your New Shoes

I walked into my Oxford interview, attempted to shake hands but they got really awkward about it and waved, so I waved and sat down. I felt like they thought I was diseased or something haha.

Reply 50

12lightf

Got so nervous before my Oxford interview that I scratched my chin enough to make it bleed. Sat through the entire interview with my hand on my chin trying to staunch the flow of blood.

Reply 51

Graceyyyyyyy

Original post by RibenaRockstar

Philosophy interview at Teddy Hall, Oxford (for PPE)
'what have you read about philosophy?'
'I read an introduction to the subject'
'whose?'
'well, it was based on Harry Potter...'

That's brilliant :tongue:

Did you get the offer?

Reply 52

blacklistmember

Original post by Florence321

What is it? :colondollar:

It's

\sqrt[3]{arcsinx}

Reply 53

Florence321

Original post by blacklistmember

It's

\sqrt[3]{arcsinx}

Close enough haha.
Did you get it in the interview?

Reply 54

blacklistmember

Original post by Florence321

Close enough haha.
Did you get it in the interview?

but that was the easiest question they asked :sad:

Reply 55

AreebWithaHat

Original post by hassi94

Ahaha sounds like he was having great fun. :tongue:

Lol it wasn't for me, I was crapping myself. Stillgot an offer somehow :biggrin:

Reply 56

Intriguing Alias

I think mine is only specifically embarrassing if you're a maths applicant :tongue:

This was while he was trying to get me to an answer:

So what is it that you actually need to find?

Me: dy/dx

Him: yes but what is that

Me: What I get when I differentiate

Him: Yes but what does this represent?

Me: (at this point I was looking at the other interviewer as if to say - have you got any idea what this guy's talking about?) The derivative?

Him: Okay but what is that?

Me: What I get when I differentiate

(at this point he was getting pretty angry).

After a bit more back and forth:

Me: The gradient?

Him: *sighs with relief* Okay so you've finally figured that out... Now actually do the question.

Reply 57

bertstare

At the end of my dental interview they said "Thank you for coming", and instead of saying thank you back i just said "no worries" and basically walked off, without even realising what I had done

Reply 58

fourdigit

Original post by swbp

This is an oppurtunity for students to tell all of their funny/embarrassing moments when interviewing - maybe you made a really stupid response, or lied dramatically etc :smile:

My experience at Queen Mary:
Interviewer - So why did you choose QMUL?
Me - I love the prospects that the university of London will bring me, I actually applied to Royal Holloway too.
Interviewer - Which do you like more? (He was joking, but I didn't realise)
Me - Oh, I think RHUL just a tad at the moment.

Only afterwards I realised how stupid my comment was, but I got an offer in the end so all is good.