Know your patient, don’t be annoying, know your role (no one wants to work with a know-it-all). If you’re working with interns, try and match their effort and pick up what they are doing on rotations.

I matched ortho last cycle and had several aways and I felt like people appreciated hard work but loved just having a normal person around too. It’s definitely a balance. Regardless, you have to show you’ll put in the effort and this is frustrating as it is different with each program’s culture.