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Health Educator Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Health Educator interview, here are 29 interview questions and answer examples.

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What are your career goals in this field?

The interviewer is asking this question to align expectations for the role with your long-term expectations. The interviewer is also checking to see if you have realistic goals and to gauge your level of ambition. You need to research the job before your interview to ensure that your personal professional goals align with the job and organization you are interviewing with. Be open and honest with your interviewer on this question and express how important these goals are to you.

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29 Health Educator Interview Questions & Answers

Below is a list of our Health Educator interview questions. Click on any interview question to view our answer advice and answer examples. You may view six answer examples before our paywall loads. Afterwards, you'll be asked to upgrade to view the rest of our answers.

  • 1. What are your career goals in this field?

  • 2. Talk about a time where you had to deal with a big change within your workplace. How did you handle that situation and what did you learn from it?

  • 3. What are some challenges that you see Health Educators facing in the near future in this field?

  • 4. Do you have experience with public speaking? What size groups are you comfortable speaking in front of?

  • 5. Talk about a time where you had to think outside the box to solve a problem on the job? What resources did you use to help?

  • 6. Talk about your strategies on how you stay organized and on track when you are working on multiple projects at the same time.

  • 7. What role do you feel that a Health Educator plays as part of a larger community health care team?

  • 8. Are you able to work independently with little oversight?

  • 9. Do you have any experience in grant writing?

  • 10. How do you help clients set goals?

  • 11. How long do your counseling sessions last?

  • 12. How do you measure progress with your clients?

  • 13. How do you keep yourself a model citizen when it comes to nutrition, exercise, and overall health?

  • 14. If you could start any public health initiative, with an unlimited budget, what would it be?

  • 15. Tell me about your post-secondary education. What was your favorite course and why?

  • 16. How do you typically assess the learning needs of your students?

  • 17. Are you comfortable giving commands to people and leading a group or a team?

  • 18. What type of communicator are you?

  • 19. Share an experience when you applied new technology or information in the classroom. How well was it received?

  • 20. Please share with me an example of how you helped coach or mentor another educator. What improvements did you see in the person's knowledge or skills?

  • 21. Share an experience you had in dealing with a challenging student and how you handled the situation.

  • 22. Are you efficient with your time?

  • 23. What do you enjoy most about being a Health Educator?

  • 24. In what ways can you improve your skills as a Health Educator?

  • 25. In what ways do you often see people making poor choices in regards to their health?

  • 26. Do you collect data and track results as your health education classes are progressing?

  • 27. What websites do you like to direct your students towards, in regards to health information?

  • 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?

  • 29. Tell me about a successful program you taught. What made it successful and why was it different?