This is where I will complain, whine, and brag about my undergraduate work and veterinary experience as I approach time to apply to vet school!!
Interview Questions #1 & #2
Published on January 5, 2004 By DrKata In Pets & Nature
What would you do if you accidentally injected an animal that was likely to die anyway with euthanasia solution instead of painkiller and killed the animal? Would you tell the truth to the owner? The step up is you are working overnight in a hospital alone with a lot of sick animals and you are rushing.

What am I supposed to say to that?

Get myself fired and in trouble by telling the owner?! (umm, lawsuit)
Hide it to myself and possibly hav someone find out that I killed the pet?! (not good)

Taylor didn't hesitate with his answer, he says that he wouldn't tell the owner. Why? Because it woudn't change the fact that the animal is gone. Why put the owner through additional pain? He would tell his higher-ups about what happened though.

I think that's a good answer, but I have no idea what the interviewers wanna hear. Do they want you to be moral and honest, or businesslike? I guess I'd lean towars the moral side, but people are weird nowadays.


What could you bring to this university? What is special/different about you?

Now there's one I'm going to have to think about. I don't want to blend in with all the monotonous "leaders" & overacheivers. I really want to bring something special to the school I go to. What is different about me? I have no idea.

Comments
on Jan 07, 2004
I would think that you would tell the pet owners. A lot of pet owners have autopsies done of their pets (especially if it was a purebred). If they found out that you lied, then you are in a whole lot more trouble.

I guess on the side of business law, a mistake is put in a reasonability test. Would somebody of your same skills have done the same thing? If "yes" than you wouldn't have anything more than an insurance claim to look at. If "no", then you would be in a lot of trouble, and even more if you lied to the customer.

If I was the pet owner, and I found out that I was lied to about that "mistake", then I would be out to destroy the person who made that mistake. If I was explained what happened, and was given a remedy (like a new puppy to replace the dog and free medical for that dog) I would be heartbroken, but I would be *much* less likely to destroy the person who did it.

That's my $.02
on Jan 07, 2004
Thanks soo much for your reply!! I'm interested in hearing everyone's point of view. I want to be well prepared when I go into my vet school interview, so it's good to hear ideas that I normall wouldn't think of. Thanks again for helping me see this issue from a different angle!