The Premed Playbook Guide to the Medical School Interview: Be Prepared, Perform Well, Get Accepted

Any premed who seriously wants to get into medical school needs to read this book. It took me about three hours to read it from cover to cover, and it’s less than $20, so if you are skeptical then take the risk, you have little to lose and so, so much to gain. Dr. Gray goes through a brief background behind the interview, how to prepare beforehand, how to best present yourself during the interview, and what to do afterward. Every detail of the process is covered in a way that helps you prepare to be uniquely you in your interview and not some robot that’s following a popular script from a google search. He talks about an interview like a first date and that’s how you want to approach it – key highlight stories from your life to keep it interesting, but not scripted or regurgitated facts about yourself. My favorite part of the book is Section III, The Examples. Dr. Gray dedicates about a third of the book to transcripts from real mock interviews he's done where he asks applicants the most common interview questions, gives them feedback to their answers, and then repeats the process again. It's great to see how a very raw answer becomes more polished without losing the essence of the applicant's thoughts. I haven't seen another resource that offers such in-depth and real examples of how to respond to questions like "why do you want to be a doctor?" or "tell me about yourself" or "what's your biggest weakness?" among several others. He also includes a chapter for MMI interviews with a bunch of practice scenarios.On the first day of acceptances this year, I got accepted to an MD/MBA program at my top choice school and this book deserves a lot of credit for my acceptance. I spent most of my three interviews talking about stuff that was non-medicine related that the interviewer and I had in common. Without reading this book I wouldn’t have been able to set myself up for such relaxed, natural interviews and would have panicked if I was asked questions that were unrelated to medical school or my application. This book was the key to my success in those interviews.Again, if you’re serious about nailing your interviews and getting into medical school, buy this book. Also check out Dr. Gray’s other resources, including his other books, The Premed Years podcast, and medicalschoolhq.net. You’ll thank yourself when that acceptance letter comes.

I am a fan of Dr. Gray, his podcast gives great advice and cuts through the BS to make sure you totally understand how the interview process works. He explains things that would keep you up at night such as, "why didn't I get an interview?"The 3 mock interviews he gives aways as audio recording is worth way more than the price of the book alone. I think if you really want to demistify the process of the Medical School interview, this is the book to check out. 2 Thumbs up.

First off I loved the book. My one critique for whatever it's worth is that while the initial chapters offer great advice, at times the background information seemed a bit unnecessary for someone who has reached the point in the process where they are preparing for interviews. By far the most valuable sections to me were the question lists and coaching session reviews of students working on their answers. The book is well worth it just for those sections alone, and I would have liked to see even more of that kind of stuff. The book was a large element of my interview prep for my one and only interview this cycle. It helped me to feel confident in my preparation for interview day, and I think contributed to the fact I will be starting an M.D. program this July! Best of luck to all still in the hunt. You got this, and Dr. Gray's book will definitely help!

This book has a large variety of questions that truly make you think about what your responses would be on interview day. By reading this book you are challenging yourself to dig a little deeper in to your motivation and reasoning behind becoming a doctor so that you can not only know what to say during the interview, but get to know yourself a little better. I am years away from applying to medical school, but by Reading this book I feel I am a little more prepared than others.

I bought this on the way to my first medical school interview and it was worth the buy just for that. I practiced my answers using the guidelines and samples provided and I really felt it put me over the edge. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend or say that this book helped me get into medical school

GET THIS BOOK! Seriously, get especially it! It's great for interviews and prepping for it. Read it beforehand interviews and I would say at least a month before your first interview, you should be done with the book. That way, you could compose your answers based on questions from this book. Don't be too rehearsed but have an idea of how to answer normal interview questions. The best part of this book was the feedback Ryan gave during the mock interviews. It's what i used to prep for my interviews and it really made me see weak points when I tried presenting myself in regards to medicine to friends. Other highlights were the healthcare questions and ethical questions. It's great to see the wide gamut of question Dr. Gray puts into the book and you'll surely benefit. Again, an amazing book! :)

Dr. Gray found a gap in the pre-med advice industry and expertly filled that gap with The Premed Playbook. I prefer books in print so hopefully this will be in stores soon but I was happy to purchase it on Kindle in the meantime. Premed students are becoming more savvy (many with the help of Dr. Gray's podcasts) which means that the already-competitive field is growing more competitive. This book helps the premed improve an extremely important but often overlooked part of the premed journey. Thanks to Dr. Gray for writing such an informative book and for all the work done to help premeds.

useful, but not the best

This book has a lot of question and potential. Unfortunately, many of the questions from page 55-100 Do not have any expert responses including the MMIs. You really need hints for MMI. This book did not even mention the communication station at all in the MMI. No tips for what to do there. I really wanted some hints for MMI cause blank questions without hints are not very useful.Part 2 Book which has student responses and expert answers is okay. I liked how Dr.Grey gave his answers and offered suggestions this brought the review to 3 stars for meOther Medical School Interview books offer better expert responses with step by step professional answers

Amazing. Worth the read before medical school interviews. It helped me prepare well and I was actually asked some of the same questions in the book. I also appreciated the insight on what good answers would be.

Amazing book. Really prepares you for the interview

Great read so far!!