16 Clinical Research Coordinator
Interview Questions

1. Tell me about a time when you worked with a person who did things very differently than you. How did you get the job done?

2. How would you motivate your team for an upcoming trial?

3. How do you stay on top of new governing regulations?

4. When have you used logic in solving a problem?

5. When have you adapted quickly and effectively to a change in your working conditions?

6. When have you shown excellent communication skills in your work?

7. When have you overlooked an important detail in a previous trial?

8. Tell me about your previous experience coordinating clinical research studies.

9. What attracts you to our area of research?

10. When have you turned a negative relationship with a coworker into a positive relationship?

11. What extra measures have you enacted solely to increase patient safety?

12. Are you comfortable traveling to various locations that may be conducting our research trials?

13. When have you had difficulty instructing any member of your staff on how to perform the necessary trial measures?

14. When have you performed a study wherein you were less than interested in the outcome? How do you motivate yourself when you come across those research trials?

15. When have you adjusted a study according to the clinical investigator's request?

16. When have you and your previous team had difficulty recruiting study participants? How did you overcome this obstacle?