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Music Therapist Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Music Therapist interview, here are 35 interview questions and answer examples.

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How would your former employer describe you?

Interviewers can call your former employer for a reference, so they may already know how your former employer would describe you. The interviewer wants to see what qualities your former employer sees in you, which gives them an idea of what type of employee you will be. If you have a letter of reference or performance review, you can use keywords that your former employer used to describe you in your response.

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35 Music Therapist Interview Questions & Answers

Below is a list of our Music Therapist 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.

  • Behavioral

    1. How would your former employer describe you?

  • Behavioral

    2. Describe a session that went really well. Why was it successful and what did your patient gain from it?

  • Behavioral

    3. Describe a session plan that did not go well. Why was it not successful and what did you learn from it?

  • Behavioral

    4. How do you handle conflict?

  • Behavioral

    5. Do you consider yourself a compassionate person?

  • Behavioral

    6. How do you handle stressful situations?

  • Behavioral

    7. How do you handle difficult patients?

  • Behavioral

    8. What is your greatest strength?

  • Behavioral

    9. What is your greatest weakness? What are you doing to improve it?

  • Communication

    10. How are your communication skills?

  • Communication

    11. How do you describe music therapy when explaining what it is you do for work?

  • Direct

    12. Why are you the best candidate for us?

  • Direct

    13. What do you know about our organization?

  • Direct

    14. How did you hear about this position?

  • Direct

    15. Do you have any questions for me?

  • Discovery

    16. What do you like most about being a music therapist?

  • Discovery

    17. What is your primary instrument?

  • Discovery

    18. What is your favorite musical instrument to play in therapy sessions?

  • Discovery

    19. Tell me about yourself.

  • Discovery

    20. What do you like to do in your free time?

  • Discovery

    21. What have you done in the past year to better yourself as a music therapist?

  • Discovery

    22. What are your career goals?

  • Discovery

    23. Why did you choose to pursue a career as a music therapist?

  • Discovery

    24. Why do you feel that music therapy is the right career for you?

  • Discovery

    25. When did you realize you wanted to be a music therapist?

  • Education

    26. How have your professional and educational experiences prepared you to work in this position?

  • Education

    27. Tell me about your education.

  • Operational

    28. How do you go about involving family members in patient treatment?

  • Operational

    29. What activities do you suggest to help a patient in their continued recovery after discharge?

  • Operational

    30. What do you do when a patient is reluctant to participate in music therapy sessions?

  • Operational

    31. What type of intervention do you use when working with nonverbal patients or patients who are very low functioning?

  • Operational

    32. How would you describe your music therapy approach/philosophy?

  • Operational

    33. Talk about your experiences as part of an interdisciplinary team. What was music therapy's unique contribution?

  • Operational

    34. What music therapy techniques have you used? Which one was most effective?

  • Operational

    35. If you have a parent who is skeptical about using music therapy for their child, what do you do to convince them that music therapy can be beneficial?