Medical Assistant Interview Questions and Answers

Medical Assistant Interview Questions and Answers.

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Medical interview questions basically oriented to evaluate the job candidate if they have a good background experience of the job applied. Questions asked always relate to behavioral interview questions which are more focused on competency questions.

The employers are always very careful of the worker selected for this position. Because Medical Assistance is an important role in the hospital setting. They are in contact with the patients and their families. They prescribe medications, advice the clients on the administration of the drugs for the out patients and counsel their clients of treatment orientation.

There are different types of medical interview questions that are asked to the interviewees. The interview questions differ from one context to another. These interview questions are dictated by the needs of the employer. These are the skills, experience and abilities requires by the employer. These skills, experience and abilities are very well described in the job description of the job adverts.

However, the medical interview question differs from one context to another there are common Medical Assistance interview questions that are asked in most of the interviews. These questions are framed to check if the interviewee is fit to be medical assistant

Medical Assistance job interview Questions

Tell us about your academic qualification for this job?

State any educational course, trainings, workshops and conference that you have attended to give build your knowledge, skills and career.

Give us a brief related experience of working as Medical Assistance that have?

Be honest here. With medical assistance is about life and reality. No cooking experiences and other stuff. Mention any previous experiences, works, and title, number of years and what was your role.

What are your major fears as a Medical Assistance?

Answer very wisely. This is a common question to check how you manage stressful moments. Do not state negative thing about yourself. Answer positively. Example “My major fear is to lose clients that I treating. I work hard to ensure that all my clients, as well as the patients under my management to get well as soon as possible by taking care of them.  Administering drugs on the right time and the right quantity until they get well and discharged.”

Tell us about a worst scenario of a patient that you have seen and how have you managed it?

If you have a good experience with clients state it and if you don’t have, do not make up one. But show that some patients are never easy to handle and explain to them that how you can manage of try to deal with them.

What are your weaknesses as Medical Assistance?

Sample answers “I hate incomplete tasks. If am doing something I do it to the best of my ability and strive to complete it accurately before the datelines.

Other common Questions

·         Why do you want to be a Medical assistant?

·         Why do you think that you are the right person for this job?

·         What computer skills do you have?

·         Tell us about a time that you find very hard to counsel patient?

·         What is the most important part of counseling clients?

·         Are you willing to work for extra time?

·         Are you ‘peoples’ person?