Interview Questions

SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS These interview questions are examples. Use and/or adapt them as you see fit. Teaching 1. Describe your experience with teaching in your field. Please give three examples of teaching in various situations. 2. What is your approach to teaching as it varies with the setting and the learner? 3. What have been the evaluations of your teaching? Have you won any teaching awards? Research 1. Describe your training in research. 2. Describe any formal training you have had in experimental design and statistics. 3. Please identify your most significant work and tell me why you picked it. 4. Describe your efforts at obtaining grants and whether you were successful. 5. What are your research goals? Clinical 1. Describe a patient who you felt was difficult to diagnose and how you approached the diagnosis. 2. Describe a patient who presented unusual social or ethical issues, and how you dealt with them. Service 1. Describe your participation with a committee that served your institution or national organization. 2. Have you had any leadership roles in your professional career? Please describe those roles and your leadership style. Professional Reputation 1. What do you consider to be your professional reputation within your institution? 9/29/2008 Sample Interview Questions SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 2. How would you describe your professional reputation outside of your institution in the local community and regionally? 3. Have you had recognition nationally or internationally? If so, please describe your activities. Ability to Work Cooperatively and Collegially Within a Diverse Environment 1. Please describe your experience working within and with a diverse environment. 2. Do you feel you work cooperatively and collegially? Please give an example of a situation that could have been confrontational but you were able to manage in a cooperative and collegial way. Administrative Experience 1. What is your experience working within the framework of institutional policies and procedures? IRBs? Supervisory Experience 1. Have you supervised and evaluated people other than trainees? 2. What is your experience working with staff? 9/29/2008 Sample Interview Questions