Canadian residency interview
Make your CaRMS interview show what your file can’t.
Bring your clinical judgement and teamwork to life. Rehearse with an AI interviewer, handle follow-ups and make your contribution clear.
For Canadian graduates and IMGs interviewing for R-1 positions this cycle.
- Voice only, no camera
- Reads your CV and the program
- Every day, up to two hours
$12.99 a week or $29.99 a month. Cancel at any time in Settings.
“Walk me through the part of your file you’d rather not discuss.”
- Clinical knowledge and reasoning
- Communication and patient-centredness
- Judgement, ethics and professionalism
- Teamwork and leadership
“I had examples for the CanMEDS roles, but I was naming the role instead of explaining what I did. That became obvious when I said the answers out loud.”
Questions you’ll practise
Common phrasings of what this interview asks, and what each one tests. An AI program director works from your own application, so expect follow-ups on what you say.
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“Walk me through the part of your file you’d rather not discuss.”
Tests: a setback explained briefly and calmly
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“What would you do if a colleague seemed impaired at work?”
Tests: professionalism and patient safety
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“Why this discipline?”
Tests: motivation grounded in real clinical moments
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“Why our program, and how do you feel about living here?”
Tests: fit with the program and the city
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“Tell me about a time you worked with an interprofessional team.”
Tests: the Collaborator role, with an example
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“Tell me about a time you received difficult feedback.”
Tests: openness to learning and change
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“Tell me about a mistake and how you handled it.”
Tests: ownership and disclosure
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“How will you look after your own wellness during residency?”
Tests: self-awareness and sustainable habits
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“Where do you see yourself in ten years?”
Tests: a realistic career plan in Canada
Setup takes about two minutes.
In the first iteration of the 2025 R-1 match, 93.0% of current-year Canadian graduates matched. Among IMGs who graduated in previous years, 43.2% did. Source: CaRMS
The interview is where you get to be more than your file.
The season in numbers
Know what to change before the real interview
See where your answer lost its point, what was missing and what to try next. Your own words, with feedback on each question and scores across four skills.
Safe instinct, but you never said who you would call.
“I would probably, um, talk to them first and see if they were okay, and then maybe…”
Put patient safety first in one sentence, then name exactly who you would escalate to and when.
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“Walk me through the part of your file you’d rather not discuss.”
Brief and honest. End on what you do differently now.
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“What would you do if a colleague seemed impaired at work?”
Kind to the colleague, vague on escalation. Name the person.
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“Why our program, and how do you feel about living here?”
A real reason for the program. Say something true about the city too.
Illustrative example. Your scores will differ.
“The difficult team situation was the answer I kept putting off. It helped to practise taking responsibility without making the whole story sound negative.”
One question, and what a strong answer does
An example of the kind of question you’ll be asked, and what the feedback looks for.
“Tell me about a time you had to advocate for a patient when the team disagreed.”
Follow-up: “Looking back, would you handle it the same way?”
What a strong answer does
- Sets up one specific situation in a sentence or two, with no patient identifiers.
- Shows how the concern was raised respectfully, and with whom.
- Keeps the patient at the centre and names when it would have gone further up.
- Reflects honestly on what would change next time.
Bossed and Confetto
Confetto is a well-known AI interviewer that lists residency (US and Canada). Here is how the two compare, from the prices on Confetto’s own site on 4 October 2026. Both price in US dollars.
| Compared on | Bossed | Confetto |
|---|---|---|
| One month | $29.99 a month, up to two hours of interviews a day | $299 for 1 month of access source |
| One week | $12.99 a week, up to two hours of interviews a day | $149 for 1 week of access source |
| How you answer | Out loud, voice only. No camera | Includes video, tone and body-language analysis source |
One month
- Bossed
- $29.99 a month, up to two hours of interviews a day
- Confetto
- $299 for 1 month of access source
One week
- Bossed
- $12.99 a week, up to two hours of interviews a day
- Confetto
- $149 for 1 week of access source
How you answer
- Bossed
- Out loud, voice only. No camera
- Confetto
- Includes video, tone and body-language analysis source
Confetto adds video and body-language analysis. Bossed is voice only, built from your own CV and the program, at about a tenth of Confetto’s monthly price. Details for other services are as each publishes them on its own site, checked 4 October 2026.
Spoken interview sessions, up to two hours of interviews a day
A week of focused preparation when your interview is just days away.
Need more than a week? Two weekly payments total $25.98. From three weeks on, the monthly plan costs less.
Cancel at any time in Settings, with no cancellation fee. You keep access until the end of the period you paid for.
Before you ask
I’m an IMG. Is it for me?
Yes. It reads your CV, so it asks about your own training, your Canadian experience and any gap, then follows up on what you say.
Is an AI good enough?
For the reps, yes. It asks, listens and follows up on what you actually said, up to two hours a day, at 2 a.m. or the night before. Then it scores four skills and quotes your own words back, so you know exactly which answer to fix.
Will it know my discipline and my program?
Upload your CV and paste the program’s page. It asks why there, from what the page says. It is built not to guess at facts the page doesn’t give.
How fast can I start?
Setup takes about two minutes and needs no account. You choose a plan before your first interview.
How it works
Set up in about two minutes, then interview out loud and see your scores.
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Add your CV and the program
Upload your CV or paste your personal letter, then paste the program’s page. No account needed, and setup takes about two minutes.
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Interview out loud
Pick 10, 15 or 20 minutes. One AI program director with a Canadian accent asks, listens and follows up on what you said.
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Get scored on four skills
Clinical reasoning, communication, judgement and teamwork, each scored, with your own words quoted back and a note on every question.
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Go again before the next program
Swap in the next program’s page and practise the questions that interview will bring.
The night before
The same evening, two ways.
Without rehearsing
- You’ve read your answers. You’ve never heard yourself say them.
- The hard part of your file still takes a paragraph to explain.
- Your “why here” could be about any program in the country.
After practising out loud
- You’ve said every answer out loud, with a follow-up behind it.
- The hard part of your file is two calm sentences and what changed.
- Your “why here” names the program and the city.
The season’s dates
From the organizations that set them, so you can plan your sessions backwards.
- 12 January 2027
Programs complete initial interview offer updates in CaRMS Online, by end of day
Source: CaRMS - 16 January – 7 February 2027
National interview period
Source: CaRMS - 18 February 2027
Rank order list deadline, 15:00 ET
Source: CaRMS - 2 March 2027
Match Day, 12:00 (noon) ET
Source: CaRMS
Interviews for international medical graduates and applicants at their own schools are coordinated separately, with no specific national interview period. Source: CaRMS
Good to know
15 minutes by default
Choose 10, 15 or 20 minutes. Each session is one program interview.
Voice only
Voice only: no camera and no video. Your spoken answers are transcribed so they can be scored on what you say.
Your interviewer’s accent
Your interviewer speaks with a Canadian accent. You can change it in Settings.
Programs are to complete initial interview offer updates by 12 January 2027. Start practising before then, so the hard parts of your file are already answered.
Questions
What to know before you start practising.
Is the interviewer a real person?
Does it use my camera or record video?
Can I practise for a specific program?
Is it for IMGs too?
How long is a session, and what does it cost?
What doesn’t it cover?
Related interview practice
Updated on
Programs complete initial interview offers by 12 January 2027. Have the hard answers said by then.
10, 15 or 20 minutes, voice only, scored on four skills with a note on every question.