interview a health professional in the hospital

Use the following 8 questions during your interview and create 2 (or more!) questions of your own that you believe are important for the position.

Interview Questions

  1. Name, position held, company, and how long have they worked for this company/organization/agency? Attach business card and/or contact information.
  2. What is the company/organization/agency’s mission statement or philosophy?
  3. What are the minimum qualifications for the position?
  4. Which aspects about the position do you enjoy the most? Which do you enjoy the least?
  5. Does the company/organization/agency that you work for provide in service education/training for its employees and do they offer continuing education programs? If so, what have you attended recently?
  6. Why do you believe that you were selected for your current position?
  7. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years?
  8. What advice would you give to someone like me whose career objective is to _________________________? *Don’t forget to fill-in the blank!
  9. and 10. You will need to make up two open-ended questions of your own.
    1. Please make sure that these are appropriate (Example of an inappropriate question to a dental hygienist: “Have you ever had patients with really bad breath?”)