**10. Conclusion**

Virtual interviews seem daunting at first, but the main recommendation is to prepare in a similar fashion as for a virtual interview, plus making sure that one's technology is functional and home/office environment are appropriate. The main benefits of VI are decreased cost and increased access for rural and/foreign medical school students, while the main potential disadvantages are a decreased ability to assess 'fit' and the potential to inflate the number of interviews each candidate takes.

A major question emerges from the 2020–2021 (predominately virtual) interview season: 'What to do moving forward?' Further research is required to focus on the overall impact of the virtual interview as compared with the traditional inperson interview, the financial impact of virtual interviews during the 2020–2021 match season versus prior match seasons, and identifying virtual interview techniques to better discern applicants' personality to determine fit within a program.

Whether there is a return to in-person interviewing, a refinement of the virtual interview, or a hybridization of the two, the 2020–2021 interview season highlighted a deviation from the established way we interview for Graduate Medical Education.
