30 Interview Questions for Medical Clinics

When hiring a medical team, it is easy to just go with someone who has matching experience or who you seem to get along with well. While both of these criteria are important, there is a great deal more that needs to happen to ensure that the person you are interviewing is the best match.

Each role in a medical office has a different set of competencies, so you need to be aware and adjust your interview style accordingly.

To assist you with this, here are 30 time-tested interview questions, based upon the suggestions of recruitment and practice management experts for doctors wanting to recruit new members to their team.

Interview Questions for a New Physician

Having doctors with clinical skills, empathy and an ability to work within a team are becoming more and more essential. These 10 questions will help you see the human and clinical sides of any physician who might be a good match.


Why did you go into medicine?

What would you bring to the practice in terms of experience?

Where do you see yourself in five years?

How do you react under pressure?

What are your goals and objectives professionally?

How do you rate yourself as a leader?

How important do you feel rapport and communication skills are as a doctor?

What kinds of patient cases or specialties or patients really interest you?

Why do you feel this clinic would be a good match for you?

How do you feel you would be a good match for the clinic?

 

Sample Interview Questions for a New Physician Assistant

As many physician assistants are the first point of contact with patients, it is highly important that they have a great ability to connect and show empathy. Here are 10 useful questions to help you see if they are a match.

How much experience do you have with patients?

How would your former employer describe you (if applicable)?

Do you like being around people?

How would rate your computer skills?

Describe a difficult experience with a patient and how you handled it.

What do you like most about being a medical assistant?

What do you like least about being a medical assistant?

Have you assisted with any medical office procedures?

How do you work toward becoming better as a medical assistant?

Do you have ambitions for the future in your role, or within the healthcare industry?

Interview Questions for a Practice Manager

In a doctors office much of the day to day leadership of the team must fall to the team, and in particular the practice manager. For this reason, it is important to find the right match of leadership and organizational experience. Here are 10 questions to help discover if the candidate might be a good match.

Can you share a time when you’ve had to give feedback a member of staff?

How would you work to turn a poor performing member of staff into a good performer?

How would you rate your skills as a delegator?

Do you a specific leadership or management style?

Tell me about how you set and achieve targets for the practice?

Can you share a situation where you had to adjust to change?

As a manager, can you share on strength and one weakness?

Tell me about a problem you’ve solved that created a more successful work environment?

Give me an example of how you motivate your staff?

Would you say your technical skills or your communication skills are stronger?

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