How to Answer: How do you avoid burnout?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for an Addiction Therapist job interview.
2. How do you avoid burnout?
How to Answer
Because we can't always take every Friday off and only have limited vacation days, you can face the potential for burnout. Don't answer this question by insisting you would never get sick of your job because the interviewer will see right through that. Tell the interviewer that you make a point to make downtime a daily ritual and you have stopped being a perfectionist.
Written by Heather Douglass
1st Answer Example
"I've always been a YES person. Always helping, always giving. I'm working on saying NO more often to avoid burnout."
Written by Heather Douglass
2nd Answer Example
"The way that I avoid burnout is to take care of myself emotionally, physically and mentally. If I don't take care of myself then I can't take care of my patients."
Written by Heather Douglass