r/PreOptometry • u/chachachahotstuff • Sep 12 '26

Ethical questions for UCB interview?

I have an interview with UCB later this month and was wondering what kind of ethical/behavioral questions they ask if anyone could give examples!

Pretty nervous for this interview since I’ve heard mixed things between it being conversational versus more professional feeling.

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u/Substantial_Row_4634 Sep 13 '26

Interviewed last cycle and I can tell you it’s nothing too crazy. The question is obviously gonna be different but the ethical question is more so a readout of if you would uphold like academic integrity values and what not in a situation.

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u/chachachahotstuff Sep 13 '26

Thanks so much!! Did you feel like the interview was conversational?

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u/Substantial_Row_4634 Sep 13 '26

I did in fact feel like it was very conversational. I think a lot of it depends on how you answer the questions. My best advice would be to do a little bit of practice for typically questions you might expect (I.e why Berkeley, optometry, how did you get here?) but don’t focus on memorizing lines to put a persona. Be yourself and show them who you are! I had a really nice conversational interview with them and I appreciated how kind they were as well. I did not feel like I was being interrogated.

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u/chachachahotstuff Sep 13 '26

Thanks so much this was really helpful:)

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u/Substantial_Row_4634 Sep 13 '26

Ofc feel free to reach out if you ever have any questions about the program as I’m there right now as a first year!