University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni Dentistry Interview Questions

Motivation and Insight into Dentistry

• Why Dentistry?
• What would you do if you were to start failing a class?
• Why not Medicine?
• What about your personality will make dentistry difficult?
• Do you volunteer?
• I saw you worked a lot of different summer/part-time jobs, how do you think these prepared you for dental school?
• What would you say are some of the general issues facing dentistry today?
• What initiated your interest in dentistry?
• How would you manage your future practice?
• Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
• What do you like to do in your free time?
• If you knew you wanted to be a dentist, then why did you apply so late?
• What do your parents do?
• Do you think you can do our 3 year program?
• What have you learned from the dental company you work for?
• Would you be interested in teaching Dentistry?
• Tell me about your community service work.
• How do you keep patients coming back to your practice?
• What is the difference between dentistry in underdeveloped countries and the U.S?
• Tell me about your shadowing.
• I see that your dad is a dentist. How did that contribute to your decision to go into dentistry?
• Why UoP?
• Tell me about your volunteer work.
• What are your weaknesses?
• Do you want to specialize?
• Do you think science is needed in dentistry?
• Which other schools did you apply to?
• Have you thought about any specialties that interest you for postgraduate study?
• What do you think your first year will be like?
• What is your best method of learning?
• Why do you want to be a dentist?
• What caused you to choose this career?
• What about Pacific interests you the most?
• Tell me what happened during your first year of college.
• What are you looking for in your future classmates?
• What are the 3 most important qualities that a dentist should possess?
  
  

Ethical Scenarios

• How do ethics play a role in dentistry?
• What would you do if you saw a classmate cheating?
• How do ethics play a role in dentistry?
  
  

Teamwork Tasks

• Was there a time when you collaborated with other students in your group without expecting anything in return?
• What sort of leadership experiences do you have?
• Do you work better in groups or individually?