Anesthesiologist Interview Questions
Go Back1. Compassion is one of our core values. How do you provide compassionate care to patients?
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?
3. What do you feel is the single most important quality an anesthesiologist should possess?
4. Tell me about your leadership qualities.
5. How do you express your opinions on controversial topics such as abortion, euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, and cloning?
6. Are there any situations when a physician is justified in lying to a patient?
7. What has been your biggest challenge as an anesthesiologist, and what did you learn from it?
8. What type of work schedule are you looking for?
9. Where do you see your career as an anesthesiologist taking you in the next 5 years?
10. Would you ever consider relocation?
11. How do you go about educating patients on the risks of anesthesia?
12. How do you manage your time?
13. What is your communication objective with a patient prior to surgery?
14. What precautions do you take for a patient with poor health?
15. How would you like to see the delivery of healthcare evolve?
16. Why did you want to become an anesthesiologist?
17. What do you like most about your current position?
18. What questions do you have for me?
19. What is the most valuable lesson you have learned through your work as an anesthesiologist?
20. In your opinion, what is the most concerning issue facing the medical industry today?
21. What are your salary expectations?
22. Are you actively interviewing with other companies?
23. Tell me about your greatest work-related accomplishment.
24. What questions do you have for us?
25. We believe in the continual development of our faculty, both professionally and personally. What is your self-development plan?
26. If you could meet anyone in the history of medicine, who would you choose and why?
27. Who has been your mentor during your career as an anesthesiologist?
28. What aspect of anesthesiology excites you the most?
29. What do you know about our hospital?
30. Tell me about your education and degree(s).
31. What experience, training or certifications do you have in anesthesiology subspecialities?
32. Do you have any experience medically directing or medically supervising CRNAs or AAs?
33. Tell me about your experience working as part of a hospital healthcare team.
34. As an anesthesiologist, there is a chance that your patient will not make it out of surgery. How would you handle that?
35. What would you do if you noticed another clinician make a mistake when treating a patient?