OT School Mock Interview

Master 20 OT School interview questions covering clinical reasoning, fieldwork, and your commitment to occupational therapy.

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In your own words, what is occupational therapy?

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Makayla Donigan

Makayla Donigan is a Certified Nurse Aide, Certified Phlebotomy Technician, and Medical Copywriter.

Occupational Therapists often face a lot of confusion about their role from people in and outside of medicine. Show the interviewer you clearly understand the role of OT in healthcare and can educate others about it. Personalize it with your own analogies and metaphors.

Makayla Donigan

Makayla Donigan is a Certified Nurse Aide, Certified Phlebotomy Technician, and Medical Copywriter.

"To me, occupational therapy (OT) is a holistic science-based approach to helping people do daily activities that contribute to a higher quality of life. It focuses on the person and their needs and goals relating to their daily activities. We meet them where they are and help them figure out how to improve their daily life processes. OTs work with all people at all ages and stages of life to help them gain better functioning from their head to their feet. "

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Occupational therapy to me is the use of a holistic science-based approach that focuses on helping individuals who have suffered an injury or condition regain their ability to perform their meaningful activities of daily living (ADLs) so they can live safe and independent lives. Occupational therapists (OT) use a patient-centered approach that focuses on the patient's goals and current capabilities to construct a plan to help the patient regain lost skills or a plan to educate the patient on new ways of performing the skill.

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Terrific answer! You've shared what OT is and how it benefits those who participate in it.

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20OT School Interview Questions & Answers

1.Why did you choose occupational therapy?

2.In your own words, what is occupational therapy?

3.What characteristics do you think are required to be a great OT?

4.Tell us about your shadowing experience. What did you learn? What interested you the most?

5.Where do you think Occupational Therapists fit into the constantly changing sphere of healthcare?

6.Why Occupational Therapy and not Physical Therapy (PT)?

7.What do you think your daily life as an OT student will be?

8.Have you had a difficult class or job? What did you do to overcome the challenge?

9.How do you deal with stress and a large workload at work/school?

10.Describe a time when you were part of a team that had to achieve a goal. What was your role, and what was the outcome?

11.What other schools have you applied to? What are you looking for in an OT program?

12.What areas of research interest you?

13.What would you do if you saw a co-worker become physically aggressive with a patient that they were treating?

14.What would you do if your managing supervisor asked you to retain a patient that, in your opinion, had reached their maximum potential for care?

15.How would you handle a difficult patient that became verbally aggressive while you were treating them?

16.What is your favorite hobby not related to medicine?

17.Tell us about your biggest accomplishment.

18.What is your greatest weakness?

19.Describe a time you went above and beyond for a patient or customer.

20.If you could be any animal on earth, what animal would you want to be? If you could be any animal on earth, what animal would you want to be? If you could be any animal on earth, what animal would you want to be?