31Swedish Medical Center Interview Questions & Answers
1.Patient care requires a strong amount of compassion. Do you consider yourself a compassionate person?
2.At Swedish Medical Center we seek to hire individuals who display a keen interest in the healthcare arena. Would you consider yourself dedicated to a career in healthcare services?
3.In the healthcare services industry there are many emotions in a day. Have your emotions ever been in the way of your productivity?
4.How do you go about promoting safety in your work environment for patients, guests and fellow colleagues?
5.At Swedish Medical Center we take pride in our great relationships with clients, vendors, coworkers, and patients. Do you consider yourself to be a strong relationship builder?
6.What is your patient care philosophy?
7.If you saw a colleague playing games or texting on their phone during a shift, how would you handle that situation?
8.Healthcare service companies require strong organizational skills and attention to detail. How do you ensure that your work is properly organized, and highly accurate?
9.If you could expand your knowledge and expertise in any area of healthcare services, which would you choose?
10.It is often said that a career in healthcare is a 'thankless job'. How can we keep you motivated and engaged, even on the days when you feel your work goes unnoticed?
11.Have you ever been involved in ordering medical supplies, maintaining inventory, or other types of health care related administrative duties?
12.At Swedish Medical Center we seek to hire individuals who have ambitions of growing their career. Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years?
13.Swedish Medical Center seeks to hire those with strong problem solving skills. When were you able to successfully resolve a problem in the workplace?
14.What steps would you take to ensure that you present a clean and professional image to our patients and visitors?
15.Talk about ways that you ensure that you are using company resources in a wise manner. Why is being a good steward of resources important?
16.How do keep your own personal judgments and biases out of your interactions with others on the job?
17.Do you prefer to work in a team based position or individually?
18.Swedish Medical Center supports a healthy work/life balance for all employees. How do you balance life and work?
19.How do you stay informed about the organization you work for as a whole and why is this important?
20.Why is it important to use the AIDET approach with patients? Have you seen first-hand how it can be effective?
21.Talk about a time you had to utilize teamwork to help care for a patient. What role did you play on the team and how did the overall teamwork affect the outcome for the patient?
22.If Swedish Medical Center hired you today, what would you accomplish first?
23.Think about a difficult boss, professor or coworker. What made him or her difficult? How did you successfully interact with this person?
24.With the ongoing changes in the healthcare services industry, how do you keep your knowledge current?
25.Talk about a time that you had to give constructive feedback to a colleague. What approach did you take and was it successful?
26.In your opinion, what makes you a great problem solver?
27.Give an example of a time that you involved a patient and their family in the decision making process for their care. What approach did you take and why was including them important?
28.What is your greatest weakness?
29.Why do you think you will be successful in this role with Swedish Medical Center?
30.Do you think it is possible to be a good team member, yet disagree with the leader?
31.Swedish Medical Center prides itself on treating others as if they were our own family. Talk about a particular patient or customer that you treated like family and how did it help their situation?
