{"id":3763,"date":"2016-11-09T17:10:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/preparing-for-the-residency-interview-process\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T16:58:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:58:12","slug":"preparing-for-the-residency-interview-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/preparing-for-the-residency-interview-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for the Residency Interview Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Our Chair Dr. Ron Falk interviews Residency Program Director Dr. Deb Bynum and former Chief Resident Dr. Evan Shelby in this conversation about residency interviews.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-section\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" 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