Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 1087 Major Historical Events in June (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets: 32K Chapters)

This so-called interview is actually just teachers asking questions verbally on the spot, and the candidates answering them.

If the difficulty level on the exam paper isn't significantly increased, it will become extremely high in this situation.

In this setting, the teacher can ask follow-up questions, extend the discussion, or pose more complex and comprehensive questions based on the candidate's answers. This real-time interaction allows the examiner to adjust the difficulty and depth of the questions according to the candidate's actual level.

Interviews not only test knowledge memorization and problem-solving skills, but also more directly assess candidates' logical thinking, on-the-spot reactions, language expression, depth of understanding of knowledge, and ability to integrate knowledge. For example, they can comprehensively apply multiple knowledge points to solve complex cases. These are aspects that are relatively difficult to fully assess in paper-based exams.

In theory, examiners can ask open-ended, exploratory questions that are far more difficult than regular written tests in order to test the candidate's potential.

Imagine the tense, time-limited oral exam environment. Unlike written exams, candidates lack the time and leeway to think and make mistakes. In a written exam, you can skip the difficult questions and do the easy ones first. In this setting, any weaknesses in knowledge, understanding, or thinking will be more easily exposed under the examiner's probing questions.

The purpose of doing this, to put it bluntly, is that when the written test is not discriminatory enough and the number of places available is limited, the retest must take on the task of more rigorous screening.

The teachers revised the re-examination process overnight to address the situation of a large number of high-scoring candidates in the written test. They specifically added an interview stage to "make the difficulty extremely high" in order to select the most outstanding candidates with the strongest comprehensive abilities and who can withstand immediate and in-depth assessment.

This step is designed to stop most people.

Just like in the past, when some companies recruited, there were always some bizarre questions. With its dynamic difficulty adjustment, multi-dimensional comprehensive ability assessment, and ability to effectively expose weaknesses, the interview has become an inevitable choice to differentiate among top competitors and achieve more precise selection.

If the written test doesn't differentiate candidates significantly, the interview naturally becomes the key to greatly increasing the overall difficulty and differentiation of the re-examination.

They can achieve highly efficient screening without even needing to significantly adjust the difficulty of the interview questions.

Of course, the only thing that needs to be determined here is fairness.

If an examiner dislikes someone, he might even ask a very difficult question that leaves the candidate completely unable to answer.

Therefore, these issues should also be limited to a reasonable range.

While absolute fairness cannot be guaranteed, relative fairness can be ensured.

Fang Yan also remembered that his professor from his previous life had said that their interview time was very short, and they only asked two questions. He thought it was over after the opening. When they asked him to leave, he thought he had been eliminated, but later he found out that he had been accepted.

Even the professors weren't sure whether it was because the examiners liked them or because they answered so quickly that the examiners felt they should be admitted.

On the contrary, some of the admitted students were asked several questions in a row before they passed the exam.

So... in a way, this is also a test of a person's luck.

At this point, the difficulty of the re-examination became an unknown. If the students in the class wanted to pass the exam, they had to learn as much as possible and continuously improve themselves so that they could pass the interview.

Then, after analysis, this news stirred things up again.

Furthermore, some people were worried about other things. For example, Song Jianzhong went to Fang Yan and asked:
"Brother Fang, do you think the examiners should all be from our school and research institute?"

"Logically, that should be the case," Fang Yan nodded in response.

Then Song Jianzhong asked:

"Do you think they might limit the number of people we can pass through to avoid suspicion?"

Fang Yan was taken aback, tilted his head and said:
"Well... it's hard to say."

He thought for a moment and then analyzed to Song Jianzhong:

"The addition of the interview stage is a strategy adopted by the university and research institute to address the issue of a concentration of high scores in the written test and insufficient differentiation. According to my analysis, the main purpose is to assess the candidates' comprehensive abilities through high-pressure dynamic question and answer sessions. In essence, it is an elite selection mechanism."

"In other words, the ultimate goal is to select the elite, not to avoid conflicts of interest."

"Its design takes into account the constraints of demand and relative fairness, but also acknowledges the influence of subjectivity and chance, such as luck."

"The best strategy for us test takers is to continue to improve our clinical skills and knowledge sharing in order to increase our chances of passing."

"In short, as long as you are an elite, the chance of being eliminated is very low."

After speaking in dialect, he added:
"At least I think so."

Upon hearing Fang Yan's words, Song Jianzhong and the others nodded in agreement. In their eyes, Fang Yan was essentially a semi-official figure, currently serving as the director of a research institute under the Academy, and also quite well-connected with the university's teachers and professors.

More importantly, basically all the people who set the questions this time are from their company.

This was an established fact that existed even before the postgraduate entrance examination.

Everyone's requirements are simple: treat everyone equally. I don't mean I'll go easy on you just because we're from the same company and school, but at least make sure you don't make things difficult for me.

Everyone was quite confident in their abilities; the pride of geniuses in the elite class was there to some extent.

The fact that dialects can attract them also shows that they recognize their potential.

So all people want is not to be deliberately sacrificed in the name of "fairness".

If anyone disagrees and thinks they got in through connections, they can always have a competition in class later, comparing who has better medical skills and who has produced more medical achievements.

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A few days later, the news came that everyone had passed the preliminary exam. Although they had expected the whole class to pass, they were still happy.

At first, no one knew who made the guess that only those who got full marks could participate in the re-examination, which made everyone anxious. Now that they have seen the re-examination notice, everyone is overjoyed.

Of course, this interview notification only applies to people in the capital city; statistics for other places haven't been compiled yet. Once the statistics are complete, the number should be enormous.

The students in the class continued their work at Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

As before, we saw patients in the morning and summarized the results in the afternoon. However, everyone worked much harder this time, and even the number of patients seen each day increased.

The reputation of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital has been built up by these people, and now people not only know that there is a dialect here, but also that there is a group of college student doctors.

The dean was also very satisfied with the result.

This is the prototype of the Peking Union Medical College Hospital's Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine that he wanted. He even thought that many people would definitely be eliminated in this postgraduate entrance examination, and if there were any outstanding talents, he could recruit some of them and make the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital start operating directly.

Of course, this is just a preliminary idea, and it still needs to be discussed with Fang Yan in the end. Moreover, the test takers come from all over the country, and their abilities vary. Not everyone has the abilities of Fang Yan's classmates.

Then, another big piece of news came.

In June, the research vessel "Xiangyanghong 09" will carry a team from the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, to the Pacific Ocean for its first long-range scientific expedition, accumulating basic data for China's marine scientific research.

Before setting off, the scientists underwent a medical check-up at Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

This physical examination is actually not important; all of them are in good health.

Importantly, they also took a medical team with them.

This team includes both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine practitioners; the Western medicine practitioners were transferred from Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

The traditional Chinese medicine practitioners were transferred from the Huaxia Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

According to the list, among the people who went this time, Fang Yan knew Professor Chen Keji and Professor He Puren, an acupuncture master from the Secret Formula Research Institute.

Fang Yan usually does the work without any responsibility, while He Puren does all the work. Now that He Puren has been transferred, Fang Yan has to take care of many things. Fortunately, Professor Jin Shiyuan and Professor Zeng Luquan are still here.

Production continues, and Fang Yan now has an extra task every day: going to the research institute.

However, this also has its advantages, as Fang Yan has gained a clearer understanding of the work of the Secret Formula Research Institute.

They not only learned about the above-ground aspects, but also about the underground research on traditional Chinese medicine.

The secret recipes that Fang Yan found in ancient books are all preserved here and tested.

Moreover, there is a secret underground passage in the capital city below.

People with regional dialects are also eligible to ride inside, and it is said that they can go directly to many secret places.

In addition to these, Japan and Iran signed an agreement to build a high-speed railway from Tehran to Mashhad, marking the first time that Shinkansen technology was exported overseas (although the project was later abandoned due to the Iranian Revolution).

It is worth noting that the people who went there this time also included Tsumura and the Kampo Research Institute of Kyoto University. After receiving the news from there, the domestic authorities paid quite a bit of attention to it. After all, Fang Yan's Chinese medicine business is doing so well now, and they have already recognized the potential in the international market.

They were worried that the Japanese would come and take over the market.

Only those with local dialects know that there's actually not much of a market there, and that things are about to get chaotic.

Speaking of chaos, not long after the handbook that Fang Yan brought back from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine was printed and distributed to various military units, the monkey army also started causing trouble.

They continued to invade neighboring countries, supported Heng Samrin, and triggered a war.

The Russian bear also publicly supported the monkey, and the whole place went into chaos.

In addition, the higher authorities approved the restoration of a number of higher education institutions, expanded enrollment, and accelerated the training of professional talents.

Many universities that did not recruit students last year have started to release their admission brochures, and the Beijing Film Academy's 78 class, which Director Chen is preparing to apply for, has also started accepting applications.

In short, the wheels of history keep turning forward, and all the historical events that should have happened have come to pass.

Not long after, Fang Yan received another message, brought by Lao Hu.

According to the information he obtained from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, the overseas Chinese business group will be returning to China in June. Their partner, Li Chengzhu, will also be returning with a foreign businessman from Europe, with the aim of expanding the cooperation and building a factory in Europe.

In addition, the old Chinese medicine doctor surnamed He from England also returned this time.

That is, the one who is suspected to be the brother of the maternal grandfather in the dialect.

PS: After finishing this chapter, I still owe everyone 16000 words.

That's all for today, please come early tomorrow.

Lao Feng is working hard to write tomorrow's code.

(End of this chapter)