Nova Southeastern University Dentistry Interview Questions

​Motivation and Insight into Dentistry

• What led you to want to pursue dentistry?
• Tell us about your research experience.
• Why did you change your major at undergrad?
• Tell us about your academics.
• What motivates you?
• What is one negative and one positive thing you found in your experience of dentistry?
• Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
• What qualities do you have that would make me a good dentist?
• What drives you /motivates you to pursue dentistry?
• Why is dentistry so important?
• What sets you apart from all the other interviewees?
• Why do you want to be a dentist?
• What chances have you had to shadow dentists?
• Have you shadowed abroad?
• Have you applied for medical school?
• Are you a reapplicant? If so, tell me about it.
• Why did you pick dentistry?
• How will your undergrad help you in dental school?
• Tell us one thing about pre-dental students that we should know.
• What do you like to do in your spare time? Tell me about how it is useful for dentistry.
• Where do you see yourself five years after graduation?
• Why do you want to study dentistry at NSU?
• How did you study for the DAT?
• Talk to me about one of your research papers, in detail.
• What is your experience of research?
• What do your parents think about you applying to dental school?
• Who are you?
• Are you ready to take this next step in life?
• What would you highlight from your application?
• Has there been a major event in your life which changed your mindset/goals?
• What would you whiteout from your application?
• If you could sit next to one person on your flight back, who would it be?
• What types of community service have you been involved with?
• Why aren’t you taking more human related science courses?
• What did you do to improve your application?
• Tell me about your best qualities that would be beneficial to dentistry.
• What prepared you for dental school?
• If you could begin a community service program, one in which you have not already been involved, what would the program be and why?
• Explain your DAT scores.
• What do you like about dentistry specifically?
• Please tell us the biggest challenge you’ve had to overcome in your life and how you overcame that situation.
• How did you study for the DAT?
• What are you looking for in a dental school?
• What does your family think of your goals?
• What will you do if you are not accepted?
• How did you get from being a _____ major to dentistry?
• Where do you want to practice?How will your undergrad help you in dental school?
• Do you think your academic history is an indicator of your academic performance in dental school?
• Do you feel that your academic performance or your DAT score is a better indicator of how you’ll perform in dental school?
• Why not medicine?

Manual Dexterity

• What work have you done with your hands?
• What have you done to show your manual dexterity?

​Ethical Scenarios

• If you inherited Bill Gates’ bank account, what would you do with the money?
• If you have just finished a crown prep and someone drops and breaks it, how would you deal with the situation?
• If you had a patient who requested that all their teeth be removed and replaced with dentures, what would you do?