How is everyone prepping for interviews? I’m an extreme stutterer who blanks out a lot under pressure so I’m kinda panicking atm... would a med interview private tutor help?
Now I am using my doctor brain here. Do you stutter when you are not under pressure?
If you do then you may benefit from a speech pathologist. If you don't stutter under pressure than CBT may be of benefit and also it may be due to anxiety rather than a pathological cause for your stuttering.
Peer preparation is definitely the best way to go, in my opinion. Practising in a group, or at least with one other person, is a great way to receive feedback on your responses, get used to answering interview style questions and hear other perspectives on the topic that you hadn’t considered. While practising in a group can be nerve wracking at first, I found it invaluable myself. I think it will definitely help with the blanking out part and help with timing etc too.
I don’t believe a private tutor is worth it or necessary myself when there are so many people and resources out there for free, but others may be of another opinion.
I would agree that peer peer preparation is vitally important. However, like I mentioned earlier a lot of fellow students do not know what the interviewers actually want. That being said there isn't a "right" answer as a blanket response.
I pose the question to Crow if he/she thinks "HSC" tutoring is worth it? If you agree they aren't worth it then your comment is congruent with your beliefs. If you say HSC tutoring is required and interview tutoring isn't then I would argue you aren't being consistent with your comments. Your ATAR marks count from 0-33% of the entrance criteria for most universities. JMP counts your interview mark as 100% of the entrance criteria so investing in a bit of guidance here may help you go a long way. Unfortunately, I would have to say most tutoring courses for interview preparation is probably not well equip in that manner therefore, Crow may have that personal opinion.
As I have mentioned before as well. Even with actual interviewees to whom I gave very high scores there were elements of their interview (body language, body position, speech, content etc.) that I would recommend changing to be even better.