OT School Interview Questions
Go Back1. What other schools have you applied to? What are you looking for in an OT program?
2. 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?
3. Describe a time you went above and beyond for a patient or customer.
4. What is your greatest weakness?
5. Tell us about your biggest accomplishment.
6. What is your favorite hobby not related to medicine?
7. How would you handle a difficult patient that became verbally aggressive while you were treating them?
8. 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?
9. What would you do if you saw a co-worker become physically aggressive with a patient that they were treating?
10. What areas of research interest you?
11. Why did you choose occupational therapy?
12. 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?
13. How do you deal with stress and a large workload at work/school?
14. Have you had a difficult class or job? What did you do to overcome the challenge?
15. What do you think your daily life as an OT student will be?
16. Why Occupational Therapy and not Physical Therapy (PT)?
17. Where do you think Occupational Therapists fit into the constantly changing sphere of healthcare?
18. Tell us about your shadowing experience. What did you learn? What interested you the most?
19. What characteristics do you think are required to be a great OT?
20. In your own words, what is occupational therapy?