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Anesthesiologist Mock Interview

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

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Compassion is one of our core values. How do you provide compassionate care to patients?

All healthcare organizations value and promote compassionate care for patients. Compassion can be shown to patients in several ways, such as going the extra mile to ensure they are comfortable, building trusting relationships with them and their families, or showing genuine interest when interacting. Gives ways, big or small, that you demonstrate compassion to your patients in the workplace.

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35 Anesthesiologist Interview Questions & Answers

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  • Behavioral

    1. Compassion is one of our core values. How do you provide compassionate care to patients?

  • Behavioral

    2. A major focus of our facility is achieving excellent patient scores in our post-surgical surveys. What role would you play in helping our team earn excellent scores?

  • Behavioral

    3. What do you feel is the single most important quality an anesthesiologist should possess?

  • Behavioral

    4. Tell me about your leadership qualities.

  • Behavioral

    5. How do you express your opinions on controversial topics such as abortion, euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, and cloning?

  • Behavioral

    6. Are there any situations when a physician is justified in lying to a patient?

  • Behavioral

    7. What has been your biggest challenge as an anesthesiologist, and what did you learn from it?

  • Compatibility

    8. What type of work schedule are you looking for?

  • Compatibility

    9. Where do you see your career as an anesthesiologist taking you in the next 5 years?

  • Compatibility

    10. Would you ever consider relocation?

  • Competency

    11. How do you go about educating patients on the risks of anesthesia?

  • Competency

    12. How do you manage your time?

  • Competency

    13. What is your communication objective with a patient prior to surgery?

  • Competency

    14. What precautions do you take for a patient with poor health?

  • Discovery

    15. How would you like to see the delivery of healthcare evolve?

  • Discovery

    16. Why did you want to become an anesthesiologist?

  • Discovery

    17. What do you like most about your current position?

  • Discovery

    18. What questions do you have for me?

  • Discovery

    19. What is the most valuable lesson you have learned through your work as an anesthesiologist?

  • Discovery

    20. In your opinion, what is the most concerning issue facing the medical industry today?

  • Discovery

    21. What are your salary expectations?

  • Discovery

    22. Are you actively interviewing with other companies?

  • Discovery

    23. Tell me about your greatest work-related accomplishment.

  • Discovery

    24. What questions do you have for us?

  • Discovery

    25. We believe in the continual development of our faculty, both professionally and personally. What is your self-development plan?

  • Discovery

    26. If you could meet anyone in the history of medicine, who would you choose and why?

  • Discovery

    27. Who has been your mentor during your career as an anesthesiologist?

  • Discovery

    28. What aspect of anesthesiology excites you the most?

  • Discovery

    29. What do you know about our hospital?

  • Education

    30. Tell me about your education and degree(s).

  • Experience

    31. What experience, training or certifications do you have in anesthesiology subspecialities?

  • Experience

    32. Do you have any experience medically directing or medically supervising CRNAs or AAs?

  • Experience

    33. Tell me about your experience working as part of a hospital healthcare team.

  • Situational

    34. As an anesthesiologist, there is a chance that your patient will not make it out of surgery. How would you handle that?

  • Situational

    35. What would you do if you noticed another clinician make a mistake when treating a patient?