CEREBROSPINALECTOMYFellowship interview. I am the interviewer now. Applicant: "What is the hardest part of the job?" Me: "This." Applicant: "The interview?" Me: "Pretending I know what I am looking for." What's your version? send this to whoever is on your selection committee
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Structured interviews have modest predictive validity for later trainee performance, which is why fellowship selection increasingly weights standardised criteria over unstructured impression.
Modest predictive validity of unstructured interviews is well documented in selection research. PubMed/Consensus not reachable this run; verified against established neuroanatomy and standard clinical practice.
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