Interviews

Two individual interviews conducted by members of the Admissions Committee are an integral part of the evaluation of applicants. Interviews will be requested of selected applicants after review of their completed application files, since the number of applicants who can be interviewed is limited. These interviews allow members of the Admissions Committee to become better acquainted with the applicants, while allowing the applicants to meet members of the faculty and student body, see the educational facilities, and learn more about the Brody School of Medicine.

Interviews are typically conducted daily from late August through January. While the volume of scheduled interviews (typically 50% of the NC applicant pool) makes it difficult to change assigned interview dates, the Admissions Office staff will make every effort to re-schedule applicants who have unavoidable conflicts.

Interviews will continue virtually for the 2023-2024 application cycle. Applicants are asked log on to the virtual interview platform by 9:30 AM for morning interviews and 12:30 PM for afternoon interviews. Morning interviews occur between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM and afternoon interviews occur between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM. The day consists of two individual interviews, and a brief information session with the Associate Dean or the Director of Admissions. Since the two Committee members who interview applicants do not review their application materials, two other members of the Screening Committee performs a thorough application review prior to inviting an applicant to interview. Thus, each applicant invited for interview receives four separate appraisals by four individual Committee members: two fairly subjective evaluations based on the blind interviews, and two fairly objective reviews based on examination of the written application file. These appraisals form the basis of the Committee’s deliberations and decisions.