Applicants’ responses to blind interviewing
Last week, we featured a post describing how my program conducts blind interviews during recruitment. Several readers had questions about how applicants respond to this technique.
Our response to the blind interview has been positive. I survey the candidates after the rank list has been submitted, and specifically ask them how they felt about the blind interview. In the past 10 years that I have been surveying candidates, I have received maybe one or two negative comments. The rest have been very positive.
Candidates comment that they like the even playing field the blind interview creates. There are few preconceived notions about them before they get a chance to interact with the interviewer.
The blind interview also gives programs great insights into the candidate’s communicate skills. How well can the candidate interact with someone they do not know but may be working with for several years? I suspect that an initial patient/physician encounter is much like a blind interview. Are those communication skills acceptable to the expectations of your program? Can the training program build upon the skills that are presented during the interview?
Although I encourage my medical students to think of themselves as interviewing the program (not just relegating themselves to being the interviewee), the program sets the environment in which they in which they expect the candidate to interact. The important question is “What is important for your program to find out about the candidate during the interview process in order for you to match the best candidates you can?”
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Ruth Nawotniak
Ruth Nawotniak is cofounder and first president of the National Board for Certification of Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education (TAGME).
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