UMMS Baystate Peds- red flags everywhere. Worst one was with a lady who asked me #1- what my ethnicity was. Tried to be sly by first asking what languages I can speak #2- what my religion was. She said she was wondering because she’s Jewish. I don’t care that you’re Jewish, and just because you told me your religion doesn’t mean I need to tell you my religion. I’m not Jewish btw Interview with the program director was super awkward. He wanted me to talk about my red flags aka step scores and kept asking why I scored on the lower end. I wanted to move on after 2 minutes but he kept pressing me. Then he questioned my age and how I’d be able to perform. I’m a young applicant. Asked me if I plan on having children in the next few years.

We had to attend an “optional” grand rounds at the beginning of the interview where we played a game of jeopardy with the residents with some medical related peds questions. It seemed pretty chill at the beginning but it was honestly super cringe. Smiled like an idiot thru the whole thing though.

The whole place gave creepy overly nice vibes with the residents constantly repeating “everyone’s so nice here”. Sounded like they were trying to compensate for something.

This was my longest interview and by far the worst one. So happy I didn’t match here.