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Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences 3/2021

01-03-2021 | Correspondence

Connecting During the Virtual Interview Process: Lessons from Experience

Authors: Lauren D. Feld, Neeral L. Shah

Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences | Issue 3/2021

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) fellowship match [1] has transitioned to virtual interviews for the current recruitment season [2, 3]. An excellent article by Dr. Mallepally and colleagues outlines recommendations for thoughtful implementation of this major change, describing challenges faced by both applicants and fellowship programs [4]. The authors of this letter had personal experience with virtual interviews in 2018, prior to the pandemic. This experience provided early insight into challenging aspects of virtual interviewing: conveying a program’s culture and assessing the intangible quality of “fit.” …
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Metadata
Title
Connecting During the Virtual Interview Process: Lessons from Experience
Authors
Lauren D. Feld
Neeral L. Shah
Publication date
01-03-2021
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Digestive Diseases and Sciences / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0163-2116
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2568
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-020-06744-y

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