TouroCOM Interview Questions and Format: What to Expect

The admissions page says you can select a campus in your application; choosing no preference lets TouroCOM assign one. You can interview at only one TouroCOM campus.

Match your answer to the campus

A reason for applying should make sense for that location. Don't deliver an answer about living in New York to an interviewer for Great Falls.

You don't need to claim you've already found a clinical placement. Explain what interests you about the learning environment you've actually researched and what you'd still need to find out.

If you chose no preference

If you selected no preference, be honest about it. You can explain the features that attracted you to TouroCOM while acknowledging that you need to learn more about the assigned campus.

An invented local connection is harder to discuss than a real unanswered question.

This is an original preparation exercise based on the school's published file access. It isn't TouroCOM's interview script.

Give a practice partner the application sections you're comfortable sharing, with personal or patient details removed.

1. Ask them to choose a claim about your experience, such as leading a project or helping someone understand a task.
2. Explain the event in ninety seconds. That's our training limit, not the school's answer timing.
3. Have them ask what you personally did and how you know it helped.
4. Compare the spoken answer with your written application. Correct any difference in responsibility or outcome.

A fictional example

For a fictional example, an application says you coordinated a volunteer event. Your first spoken answer says you “built the program,” although a supervisor chose the activities and another volunteer arranged the venue.

Try again: explain the timetable and communication you managed, and credit the work you didn't do.

That correction doesn't make the experience worthless. It makes the contribution understandable.

Ask your partner what they think you learned from coordinating people. If all they remember is the event's size, add the decision or mistake that changed your behavior.

Repeat with a hard experience

Repeat with an experience you found difficult. Don't choose a harmless weakness solely because you already have a neat ending.

You should be able to discuss the support you needed and what remains a work in progress.

TouroCOM's admission requirements describe evaluating your experiences alongside your interest in, and commitment to, practicing osteopathic medicine. Prepare an answer grounded in what you've learned or observed.

Don't assume you must demonstrate a clinical technique in the interview.

Keep the reason for osteopathic training separate from a claim that one qualification makes a doctor more caring. A comparison that diminishes other physicians won't explain your own decision.

Use the specific experience that made you want to learn more.

TouroCOM lists Casper results as part of its secondary requirements and gives a cycle-specific window for fall 2027 applicants on its requirements page. Earlier-cycle results aren't valid.

Check the school's accepted dates and your registration instructions. The presence of a situational judgment test doesn't establish that the faculty interview is an MMI.

Casper test dates and requirements vary by school. For the full 2026-27 list of MD and DO schools that use it, with last test dates and deadlines, see which medical schools require Casper.

For the format, scoring and practice scenarios, see our Casper test guide.

What is the TouroCOM interview format?

An informational presentation and a formal interview where you meet several faculty members, who have full access to your application. It isn't an MMI.

Is the TouroCOM interview virtual?

For the class starting in 2027, AACOM lists a traditional interview held virtually over Zoom. Check your invitation.

Does TouroCOM require Casper?

TouroCOM lists Casper results as part of its secondary requirements.