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Medical Records Abstractor Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Medical Records Abstractor interview, here are 35 interview questions and answer examples.

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What is your pet peeve?

The interviewer wants to know more about your personality and what makes you tick. When you respond with your pet peeve, it gives the interviewer insight into what kind of employee you will be and how you handle situations that annoy you. Describe your pet peeve and what you do to resolve the issue.

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35 Medical Records Abstractor Interview Questions & Answers

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  • Behavioral

    1. What is your pet peeve?

  • Behavioral

    2. Do you enjoy working with detailed information?

  • Communication

    3. Do you believe that you are an effective communicator? Give me an example.

  • Direct

    4. If hired, how soon could you start?

  • Direct

    5. Is there anything else you would like to add?

  • Direct

    6. Are you interviewing with other companies?

  • Direct

    7. Why should we hire you over the other candidates?

  • Direct

    8. After reading the job description, do you have any questions about the position?

  • Direct

    9. What is your greatest strength?

  • Direct

    10. What do you like to do in your free time?

  • Direct

    11. How would you describe your previous supervisor?

  • Direct

    12. Who is the CEO of our company?

  • Direct

    13. If hired, are you available to work overtime if needed?

  • Direct

    14. What are your five-year professional goals?

  • Direct

    15. Why did you choose a career as a Medical Records Abstractor?

  • Direct

    16. What is your greatest weakness?

  • Direct

    17. What do you like most about working as a Medical Records Abstractor?

  • Direct

    18. What three words would you use to describe yourself?

  • Direct

    19. What do you know about our company?

  • Direct

    20. How did you hear about this position?

  • Direct

    21. What is one thing your previous supervisor critiqued you on?

  • Direct

    22. Why did you leave, or why are you leaving, your previous job?

  • Education

    23. Tell me about the training you have received and how it has prepared you for this role.

  • Experience

    24. Tell me about your previous work experience and what brought you here today.

  • Experience

    25. What medical records experience do you have?

  • Management

    26. How do you like to be managed?

  • Operational

    27. Do you have the ability to work independently? When have you done so?

  • Operational

    28. How do you stay focused while reviewing medical documents?

  • Scenario

    29. Have you ever had conflict with a coworker? If so, how did you handle the situation?

  • Scenario

    30. When have you made a mistake because you failed to pay attention to a small detail?

  • Scenario

    31. When have you combed through large amounts of data in order to identify a specific set of information?

  • Scenario

    32. Tell me about a time when you used good judgement and logic to solve a problem.

  • Technical

    33. Our company uses the Epic electronic health records software. Are you familiar with this software?

  • Technical

    34. How long have you been familiarizing yourself with medical terminology?

  • Technical

    35. How would you describe your computer skills?