Suppose a cardiology department head approached you about funding a clinical trial for myocarditis. What is your process before approving funding a clinical trial?

The interviewer does not want to hear that you automatically disapprove funding for clinical trials or that you immediately approve funding. They want to see that you analyze the department's current spending and determine where the funds will be allocated before approving a release of funds.

"When I am approached to approve funding for a clinical trial or any other project, I always determine the amount of money needed and review the organizational spending in the department. I will ask for a business plan or cost estimation of the trial and send my strategies and cost breakdown to organizational leaders for approval."

"At my previous employer, we had a grant writing team that handled funding for clinical trials. So, if I were approached by a department head asking for funding for a clinical trial, I would gather information about the trial and present it to the grant writers. If your organization does not work with grant writers, I would sit down with the cardiology head and have them give me a detailed plan of how much the trial would cost. I would review the department's budgeting and spending habits and submit my findings to the administration's leaders for review and approval."