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Dental Assistant Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Dental Assistant interview, here are 25 interview questions and answer examples.

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What are three key traits a dental assistant needs to have?

The interviewer would like to see the types of traits you value the most. Likely, the characteristics that you mention while answering this question are going to be traits that you have. When answering this question, focus on your daily routine, personal skills, and organization skills.

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25 Dental Assistant Interview Questions & Answers

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  • 1. What are three key traits a dental assistant needs to have?

  • 2. Which dental related software and programs have you worked with?

  • 3. When have you worked with a diverse group of people?

  • 4. What type of work environment do you dislike working in?

  • 5. How do you handle a situation where the dentist you are supporting does not correctly communicate information to you?

  • 6. Do you prefer doing work on a routine day-to-day basis or do you prefer mixing up your routine occasionally?

  • 7. Tell me about an organization or group outside of work that you contributed to.

  • 8. Tell me about yourself.

  • 9. What are your salary expectations?

  • 10. Would you be willing to work over 40 hours a week?

  • 11. Tell me some techniques you use to keep an office organized?

  • 12. What questions do you have for me?

  • 13. If a patient complains they had to wait too long to see the doctor, what will you do?

  • 14. Have you progressed in your dental career, as expected?

  • 15. What has been your best experience thus far, as a dental assistant?

  • 16. Where do you see your career in five years?

  • 17. How do you handle stress?

  • 18. Tell me about your leadership qualities.

  • 19. Do you speak any other languages?

  • 20. How would your co-workers describe your attention to detail?

  • 21. Tell me about your relationship with the last dentist you supported.

  • 22. What will you contribute to this dental office?

  • 23. Do you prefer to work on your own, or as a part of a team?

  • 24. Are you CPR certified?

  • 25. What procedure do you use to sterilize dental equipment?