The best way to prepare for medical school interviews is to practice with someone and do mock interviews. Get a list of typical interview questions and have your friend ask questions. First, start off easy to get you used to being interviewed. At the same time, have the interviewer observe your gestures and body language. For example, do you slouch? Do you sit up straight? Do you lick your lips after you finish your sentences? Do you say "like" and "umm" when you speak? These are all things you want to work on before you enter the interview room. Interviewers will scrutinize you and you want to do your best to sound as professional as you can. Once you feel comfortable answering questions, have your friend ask difficult questions and to put pressure on you as you speak. During certain medical school interviews, interviewers will intentionally ask questions that will make you feel uncomfortable. The point is to see how well you do under stress. When you’re a doctor, there will be patients who are rude and obnoxious, but you always have to keep your cool and be professional. Get used to being grilled. Fortunately, not every interviewer will grill you. On the other hand, you don’t know at which interview you will be grilled so it’s better to over prepare. If you have time, I would suggest to doing the following if you have time. Record yourself and study yourself. Try to see if there is anything else you can work out. Do you smile when you talk? Is there energy and sincerity when you speak? If you don’t want to record yourself, then go into your bathroom and talk to yourself in the mirror. Get comfortable looking at yourself as you speak because you want to be as confident as you can when you interview. It was really awkward at first when I looked into the mirror, but the more I did it, the more comfortable and confident I felt when I answered questions about why I wanted to be a doctor.

Get a good night of rest the night before your medical school interviews. It will be a long and stressful day so you need all the energy you can get. Also, eat breakfast because the day of the interview consists of sitting through presentations of the school and a tour of the campus. The interviews tend to be right before lunch time. It is a long day so make sure you have fuel to get you through it.

On the day of the interview, keep your cool. Usually during the interview, there will be a tour of the schedule and a presentation of the school itself. You’ll also meet other interviewers. Be nice and try to chat with them. They might be your future colleagues. During the interview, make sure you look your interviewers in the eye and mean everything you say. Show your passion for medicine and why you want to be a doctor. The interviewers will be asking themselves, "Can I see this person as a doctor? Would I want him/her to treat a loved one?" It’s imperative to show your energy and enthusiasm. Interviewers want to see this because there are so many other qualified applicants. They want to give a spot to someone who really wants it or at least shows their passion and enthusiasm for medicine. After the interview, send thank you notes. It won’t necessarily get into medical school, but it’s professional etiquette.