Canadian Blood Services Interview Questions
Go Back1. We take pride in our great relationships with clients, vendors, coworkers, and patients. Do you consider yourself to be a strong relationship builder?
2. Would you describe yourself as honest and transparent?
3. What is your greatest weakness?
4. We like to promote collaboration as part of our core values. How do you go about creating a nurturing environment where everyone is included?
5. Tell me about your healthcare related education and training.
6. What is your patient care philosophy?
7. I understand you're new to healthcare. How will your skills transfer to Canadian Blood Services?
8. We have a flourishing stem cell network across Canada that matches donors with potential recipients and the program continues to save lives on a daily basis. What are your thoughts on stem cell research and transplants?
9. Why do you think you will be successful in this role with us?
10. What kind of working environment do you thrive in?
11. How would you provide support to a donor who was experiencing anxiety or fear about donating blood or plasma?
12. As part of our quality initiatives, safeguarding patient information is of utmost importance. In your current role, how do you go about protecting patient health information or other personal information?
13. In your role, why is it important to utilize sound listening skills?
14. Describe your communication skills.
15. How would you rate your knowledge of medical terminology?
16. One of the key components to our mission is to be efficient in our work performance as a whole. How have you demonstrated ways that you can be efficient in your work?
17. One of our core values is excellence. How do you demonstrate excellence in service in the workplace?
18. We support a healthy work/life balance for all employees. How do you balance life and work?
19. With the ongoing changes in the healthcare services industry, how do you keep your knowledge current?
20. If we hired you today, what would you accomplish first?
21. What do you know about Canadian Blood Services?
22. Tell me about yourself.
23. Are you familiar with what ICARE means here?
24. Are you actively interviewing with other companies?
25. Where do you see yourself in the next 3-5 years?
26. We have a diverse workforce. When have you worked amongst a diverse group of people?
27. Have you ever been involved in ordering medical supplies, maintaining inventory, or other types of health care related administrative duties?
28. One of our missions is to be innovative to reinvent today so that we can find answers for tomorrow. Have you personally witnessed innovation changing your work life in a positive way? Did you play a part in the innovation?
29. We operate in a changing environment and adaptability is a core value here. Talk about a time you had to be fluid and embrace a changing work environment. Were there any hurdles you had to overcome to embrace the change?
30. Talk about a time you had to engage a patient or their family in the decision making process for their care. What role did you play in engaging them and why was it important that they were included.
31. Have you ever had to work according to a policy or regulation that you necessarily didn't agree with? How did you handle that situation?
32. We seek to hire those with strong problem-solving skills. When were you able to successfully resolve a problem in the workplace?
33. Integrity is part of our core value system here at Canadian Blood Services. Have you ever experienced a time where being honest and transparent was difficult to do? What made the situation difficult and how did you overcome it?
34. We work with a wide variety of donors, recipients and outside business partners. Talk about a time you had to partner with a person or team outside of your department to solve a problem or finish a project and expand on your role.
35. Can you talk about a time when you went to great lengths to help a patient or customer? What was the situation and what prompted you to go the extra mile for the patient/customer?