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The document provides guidance on answering common interview questions for veterinary school. It addresses questions about the applicant's education and motivation for becoming a vet, how they will manage the workload, what makes them a strong candidate, ethics around prescribing medication, and other topics like experience, long term goals, strengths/weaknesses, and challenges in the field. Interviewers are probing applicants' preparedness, commitment, and ability to thoughtfully address difficult situations they may face as a veterinarian.

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Interview Questions

The document provides guidance on answering common interview questions for veterinary school. It addresses questions about the applicant's education and motivation for becoming a vet, how they will manage the workload, what makes them a strong candidate, ethics around prescribing medication, and other topics like experience, long term goals, strengths/weaknesses, and challenges in the field. Interviewers are probing applicants' preparedness, commitment, and ability to thoughtfully address difficult situations they may face as a veterinarian.

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General Vet School Questions

How has your education to date influenced your decision to train as a Veterinarian?

How to Answer

The interviewer is probing for information on your previous education and studies, as
well as whether you made practical, real-world connections between your academic
studies and the world of work. When answering this question focus on what part your
education has played in your decision to become a vet. If you have had work experience
and/or internships, this is an opportunity to talk specifically about what you learned in the
classroom that helped you in your decision.

Studying at Veterinarian School will require dedication and commitment to your


workload. How will you ensure you remain?

How to Answer

The interviewer is asking this question to ensure you have considered and are prepared
for the high levels of coursework you will be required to complete. When you answer this
question, be honest -- but also keep your audience in mind. Will you use any specific
methods to keep you focused, such as personal targets or an achievement board?

Why do you feel you are the best candidate for Veterinarian School? What can you bring
to the school that makes you an ideal applicant?

How to Answer

The interviewer is trying to understand strengths and weaknesses. So think about how to
word this without making you look bad. If you state a weakness, then try to let them
know that you acknowledge this weakness , but it does not define you , and that you are
working to strengthen that specific weakness.

Ethics/Legality Questions

Do you think it’s ethical that veterinarians prescribe and sell medication?

How to Answer

Looking for answers can be legal and ethics.


What should I do if someone who isn't a client asks me to sell them prescription drugs or
write a prescription for them to use to obtain drugs?

How to Answer

According to the AVMA's Principles of Veterinary Medical Ethics, it is unethical for


veterinarians to sell prescription drugs outside a VCPR. Most states specifically require a VCPR,
so selling prescription drugs outside the VCPR falls outside state veterinary medical practice acts
which dictate how veterinarians must practice medicine. Selling prescription drugs outside a
VCPR would include sales of prescription drugs to distributors or other companies.

Report fraudulent sales to the product manufacturer, and report requests for prescription drug
sales to your state board of pharmacy and the Food and Drug Administration.

So in short ( NO, and report if a sale like this happens)

​Can you enter an agreement with a pharmacy that will give me a commission based on
drug sales?

How to Answer

Gaining an undisclosed commission through an agreement with a pharmacy could be viewed as a


deceptive business practice by your state board and thus might be a violation of your state's
practice act. You should check with your state veterinary medical board for rules and
requirements about disclosure of business relationships and advertising guidelines.

OTHER QUESTIONS:

Tell us about your veterinary experience.

Why do you want to be a vet? How can you be sure?

Briefly tell us about yourself.

How do you feel about mandatory spay/neuter laws?

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? How about 20 years?

How do you feel about using animals for research and surgery teaching purposes?

Talk about three things affecting the veterinary profession globally and expand upon them.
How much debt will you be in when you graduate vet school? How do you plan to deal with
that debt?

What would you do if a client repeatedly ignored your advice?

What are you strengths and weaknesses? How would those affect you as you practice
veterinary medicine?

How do you think veterinary medicine in the U.S. could be improved? How would you go
about helping to influence those changes?

What will you do if you are not accepted into veterinary school next year?

What would you do if an owner brought their healthy pet to you and asked you to
euthanize it because they are moving out of the state?

What would you do if you killed a patient through mistreatment or misdiagnosis?

Tell us about a teamwork experience you were involved in that you are proud of. What was
your role?

How do you feel about free clinics?

What would you do if you accidentally euthanized the wrong patient? (E.g., you have two
black labs in your clinic: one is brought in for a nail trim and the other has been brought in
for euthanasia. You euthanize the lab brought in for a nail trim.)

What do you think a veterinarian's role is in a community? How will you participate in
your community after vet school?

What do you think is the current "hot topic" in veterinary medicine? What's your opinion
on the matter?

What was the best part of your experience working/volunteering at ______? What about
the worst?

What skills are essential to becoming a successful veterinarian and why? Which of these
skills do you have? Which do you not have? How will not having these skills affect you?
What is the biggest challenge facing the veterinarian community today? What would you
do to resolve/overcome it?

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