Saudi Residency Interviews | Talk by Dr. Sami Alotaibi

An informative talk in the Career Guidance Series - KSA, focused on the interview process for Saudi Residency, by Dr. Sami Alotaibi.
Dr. Sami Alotaibi is an MBBS Graduate from Alfaisal University, and a
Pediatric Residency Graduate from KFSHRC.
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0:00 Intro
3:35 When does your interview actually start?
4:45 What to expect in the interview?
5:39 What is expected of you during your training?
7:28 What questions to expect during the interview?
8:30 Examples of scenario questions
12:08 Examples of knowledge based questions
13:49 Examples of direct questions
19:33 "Why did you choose our hospital?"
22:52 How would having children / marital status affect your training?
24:14 How would you react to being assigned 10 on-calls?
24:50 Where do you rank our hospital?
26:34 Do you have any questions for us?
28:05 Questions!
28:57 What questions would you ask the intrviewers?
30:20 Can I answer questions in Arabic?
31:06 What about programs with questions in Arabic?
31:28 What's the best approach to answering the "more about you" question?
32:23 What questions do they ask about your research projects?
34:04 How to answer "Why didn't you rotate with us?"?
35:52 DO they ask about our plans after residency?
36:06 Do they ask about your extracurricular activities
37:56 Any basics you would recommend for revision before your interviews?
39:53 How to deal with nervousness during the interview?
42:12 How to deal with a question you aren't prepared for?
44:22 "How would you react if we chose someone less qualified than you?"