NHS Band 7 Pharmacist Interview Questions
Go Back1. What is a personal accomplishment you are most proud of?
2. Describe a time you had to think quickly on your feet as a pharmacist.
3. This concludes our interview. Do you have any questions for the interview panel?
4. Describe where you see yourself in five years.
5. What aspect of your career do you not enjoy?
6. Why do you want to work for the NHS?
7. What top three strengths have helped you succeed as a pharmacist?
8. How do you address conflict among staff?
9. In your opinion, what is the greatest challenge pharmacists will face in the next few years?
10. Describe the signs of a patient who may be drug-seeking.
11. Explain how you deal with an unhappy or upset patient.
12. How do you stay current on newly approved medications?
13. Tell us what you have learned about the NHS.
14. We have an unusually high number of qualified applicants for this position. Why should we hire you over the others?
15. What made you pursue a career as a pharmacist?
16. What is the most recent work of fiction you have read?
17. What skill would you like to improve as a pharmacist?
18. How would your friends describe your personality?
19. Not including vacation and holidays, how many times did you miss work in the past year?
20. What is your favorite part of working as a pharmacist?
21. What university did you attend for your pharmacy training and what was your greatest challenge?
22. You are working with a pharmacy technician who is consistently 20 minutes late. What would you do?
23. What experience do you have training and supervising others?
24. How would you describe your time management skills?
25. Tell us what you do when you suspect a prescription is forged or fraudulent.
26. Suppose you have a prescription for a medication that you know is contraindicated to use with the patient's other medications or medical condition. How would you proceed?
27. How do you define the word "contraindication" as it refers to medication to a patient who is unfamiliar with the term?
28. How do you define the word "side effects" to a patient who is unfamiliar with the word?
29. Do you work well with others?
30. Have you ever had your ethics tested?