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15. Tell me about the most difficult on the job problem you ever faced and how you
handled it. In retrospect, would you handle it the same way now?
16. Tell me about a time when you were working alone and needed to motivate yourself.
What were the circumstances, and how did you do it?
17. Turn around so you can’t see me. Now explain to me how to tie my shoelaces using only
vocal instructions. (Things to think about: do the interviewer’s shoes have shoelaces?
Can you describe the process? This kind of question helps the interviewer test
communication skills needed by candidates in handling clients.)
18. The practice is experiencing periods of low production, and you are asked to find a
solution. How would you handle it?
19. In many problem situations, it is tempting to jump to a conclusion in order to quickly
build a solution. Describe a time when you resisted this temptation and thoroughly
researched the problem before reaching a decision.
20. What is the single most rewarding thing you have accomplished in your last job, and
why do you cite this above all your other accomplishments?
21. Describe for me a risk you have taken in your career and the results of the decision to
take the risk. Would you do it again?
22. What role do you think this position should play in the company?
23. What special skills or knowledge can you bring to our practice? Why would this be
valuable to us?
24. Within this practice or not, where do you see yourself, and your career, in five years?
25. Describe a situation in which you felt it was necessary to break company policy or alter
procedures to get things done.
26. Tell me about a time when you've stuck to company policy or procedure, when it might
have been easier not to.
27. Tell me about a time when Owners’ decision of policy change held up your work. How
did you handle it?
28. Tell me about an important goal you've set in the past and how you accomplished it.
29. Tell me about something you've done in a job that was creative. Think of a specific
example. Tell me exactly how you handled it.
30. Tell me about a time you made a quick decision you were proud of.
31. Do you know the expression 'to roll with the punches'? Tell me about a time when you
had to do that.
32. When you had to do a job that was particularly uninteresting, how did you deal with it?
33. Think about a problem you might have had in being decisive, and tell me how you
handled it.
34. You've told me a lot of your strengths for this job. But I need to get a balanced picture
and get some knowledge of where you might need some improvement. Describe for me
a time when you made a mistake that illustrates your need to for improvement.
35. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve made? How many people were affected by it? How
did you find out about it? How did you recover and what did you learn?

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