Crazy Good Interviewing: How Acting A Little Crazy Can Get You The Job

Acknowledgments

From John B. Molidor, Ph.D.

Big acknowledgments go to:

My current and former medical students, who taught me about what they were encountering on the interview trail and what they needed to know to nail the interview and get the job.

My current and former pre-medical and pre-professional students, who taught me about the importance (and anxiety) of high-stakes interviewing.

My fellow admissions officers, deans, directors, and program directors (from medicine, business, dentistry, law, and other corporate associations and industries), who showed me how they interviewed and selected their best and brightest.

My friends from both of my NSA worlds: from the National Speakers Association (especially Joe Calloway, Roxanne Emmerich, Marilynn Semonick, C. Leslie Charles, Chris Clarke-Epstein, Terry Paulson, Mark Sanborn, Phil Van Hooser, Lou Heckler, Terry Brock, Ian Percy, Janita Cooper, Ed Scannell, Ed Gerety, and Kevin O'Connor) and from the National Safety Associates (especially Jay Martin, Randy Matthews and Ron Watkins), who have influenced me, encouraged me, and celebrated with me along this journey.

My colleagues from Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine and Michigan State University's Flint Area Medical Education, who can say they knew me when and who have supported me over the years in my various roles as a faculty member, dean, and CEO.

My friends and classmates from the College of St. Thomas (now the University of St. Thomas) and Michigan State ...