Sample Interview Questions for Kinesiology

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Sample Interview Questions

Students are encouraged to book an advising appointment for a mock interview to prepare for interviews, but you can also use these questions for self-study. You can book your advising appointment on campusBRIDGE.

You can also partner with a friend and they can ask you a sample question while you answer to practice interviewing.

    1. Describe how your course work has prepared you for this position.
    2. Tell me about the most difficult obstacle that you have had to overcome to achieve a goal or attain a result.
    3. Why have you applied for this position? Tell me what you know about our programs.
    4. How do you stay current with best practices in ergonomics and injury prevention? Can you share a recent development or trend that you’ve incorporated into your work?
    5. Have you had an opportunity to use some of the assessment tools and techniques in a work or practicum setting?Give us an example of a relevant assessment you have used.
    6. Accurate record-keeping is very important to our facility. Tell me about a time when you made a mistake in a patient’s record and what steps you took to fix the mistake.
    7. Have you ever consulted with a client whose first language isn’t English? What special steps did you take in this consultation? (Since this position is bilingual, please deliver your response in French.)
    8. Can you walk us through your process for conducting an ergonomic assessment, both in person and virtually? What tools or methodologies do you use?
    9. Describe a situation where you developed an early intervention plan for an employee/patient dealing with an illness or injury. What was the outcome?
    10. How do you ensure timely and effective communication with clients, particularly when managing multiple cases?
    11. Have you been involved in the oversight of a similar facility before? How do you ensure equipment safety and address staff requests for upgrades?
    12. What strategies do you use when facilitating presentations? How do you keep the content engaging and relevant?
    13. Explain how you would conduct an assessment [patient, ergonomic, work site, etc.].
    14. Have you ever had a client who continued to engage in behaviours or activities that would endanger their recovery? How did you deal with this client? Based on what you learned from this experience, how would you treat another client with similar issues?
    15. How do you know a client’s condition is improving? What factors would you look for and why?
    16. Tell me about a time when you had to keep a patient/client motivated in their program. What did you learn from the experience?
    17. Tell me about a time when you saw a client/patient that is not one of your clients/patients complete an activity or use a machine incorrectly. What did you do?
    18. Tell me about a time when a client/patient indicated that they experienced too much pain to complete an activity (i.e. stretch, exercise). What did you do in this situation and what was the outcome?
    19. If you were interviewing potential staff and volunteers, what qualities would you look for?
    20. How will you evaluate the success of the programs that you run/classes you teach/ideas you implement?

    Some of the sample questions were generated by ChatGPT and edited for clarity.

    Updated September 2024