TY - JOUR
T1 - Interviewing in the 1990s — The Hard Cell versus the Soft Cell
AU - Brandt, Lawrence J.
AU - Pousada, Lidia
PY - 1990/9/20
Y1 - 1990/9/20
N2 - To the Editor: After years of interviewing candidates for house-staff training, it becomes apparent that standard questions elicit standard responses, and the conduct of yet another interview seems an insurmountable task. How many times can one ask, “Why did you want to become a doctor?” or “Where do you want to be five years from now?” In a desire to override the boilerplate mentality of the standard interview, we attempted to construct a question that would elicit an unrehearsed response. Fantasy and flight of imagination provide a window through which one may view the personality rather than the persona …
AB - To the Editor: After years of interviewing candidates for house-staff training, it becomes apparent that standard questions elicit standard responses, and the conduct of yet another interview seems an insurmountable task. How many times can one ask, “Why did you want to become a doctor?” or “Where do you want to be five years from now?” In a desire to override the boilerplate mentality of the standard interview, we attempted to construct a question that would elicit an unrehearsed response. Fantasy and flight of imagination provide a window through which one may view the personality rather than the persona …
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199009203231221
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199009203231221
M3 - Letter
C2 - 2392141
AN - SCOPUS:0025167055
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 323
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 12
ER -