How to Answer: Tell me about a health related event you have hosted. What was the goal of the event and did you consider it a success?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Health Educator job interview.
28. Tell me about a health related event you have hosted. What was the goal of the event and did you consider it a success?
How to Answer
When answering this question, refer to one of your biggest accomplishments and why it was a success. Feel free to name-drop someone that could verify the success of this event. Tell the interviewer about the event you led at an elementary school about healthy eating habits or a workshop for adults on better controlling their diabetes. Tell the interviewer your steps from developing a checklist, determining the budget, securing the location, planning the publicity, and reflecting after the event has ended to see where you can improve next time.
Written by Rachelle Enns on June 13th, 2021
Entry Level
"This past summer, while I was a senior in college in my program, I had a booth at our local city picnic. I brought information about healthy living and healthy choices that were engaging to a general audience. While working in the booth, I engaged people in conversation, and I consider it a success because I had a lot of traffic past my booth as well as questions."
Written by Heather Douglass
Answer Example
"I led an event at our local elementary school about healthy eating habits. My goal was to encourage better choices during the lunch hour. The kids participated in the workshop and had a blast. My work in coordinating with the school administration and lunch staff went a long way to making the entire event a success among the students."
Written by Rachelle Enns on June 13th, 2021
Experienced
"In my time working for a private healthcare organization, one of the most successful events that I coordinated was a booth at a heart health conference at a nearby university. In planning for the event and looking to stand out from the rest of the crowd, I decided to theme our booth on the effects of smoking on heart health to impact attendees that were tobacco users to quit. Looking to have some shock effect on people stopping by, I had a running DVD with images of hearts impacted by cardiovascular diseases and heart attacks caused by smoking. At the event, I had several people exclaim to me how impactful my booth was."
Written by Ryan Brunner