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.
- What are your long-term career goals and how does this position fit into them?
- Describe the benefits that your volunteer work/previous employment has given you and how it will make you more valuable to this organization.
- If I was to ask your current or former supervisor what your greatest weakness is, what would they tell me? Tell me what you have done to correct this issue.
- Tell me about your best and worst experiences during your practical laboratory experience.
- Describe how you approach learning a new skill. What training tools do you utilize to ensure competency until the new task is achieved?
- Tell me about a time when you had to provide critical feedback to a person that you supervised.
- What would you do if you discovered that a specimen/sample became contaminated during an examination?
- Tell me about a time when you had to work on a project for an extended period of time. How did you maintain your motivation and commitment?
- Give me an example of a time when you had to work with someone who was difficult to get along with.
- Tell me about a time when you delegated work to others. What was the outcome of this assignment? What did you learn about assigning work to others?
- What methods have you used to determine how long a task will take in the workplace? Tell me about a time when you tested this method to determine how work should be planned and assigned.
- You are the tech in charge on the weekend. A Lab Assistant in Specimen Control brings this problem to your attention: The renal dialysis unit has brought down two bags of blood which have been unpacked. There are two requisitions on Mr. Smith. One is marked pre dialysis and the other post dialysis. They have ordered lytes, glucose and creatinine. The tubes are not labeled with the collection time so it is not known which tube belongs to which requisition. How would you handle this problem?
- Everyone has his or her own system for getting things done. Tell me about how you organized yourself and your work for your last major project.
- Give me an example of your behavior in the laboratory as a good team member. How did this affect the rest of the team?
- Tell me about a time when you had to adapt to a change in the workplace.
- How do you deal with authority and working with others?
- Please tell me about the instrumentation you are familiar with.
- Describe the last time you had to resolve an issue with another person. What sort of relationship existed after the issue was resolved?
- How would you rate the quality and speed of your work? Explain briefly.
- Tell me about a project that you initiated to improve your workplace. What was the impact of the project? Do you know if your work is still in place?