What are some unique skills that you think you can bring to our team that set you apart from your competition for this position?

"While probably not visible on my resume, I'm glad I'm getting to talk about my experience working with mental health patients. In both the school setting and hospital setting that I've worked in, I had the opportunity to work a lot with patients struggling with mental health issues. I thrived working with these individuals on daily living skills and believe that I could bring a lot of great information and resources to your team for working with this population."

With the field of occupational therapy being very sub-specialized, talk about any unique patient groups you've worked with or training that you've had that make your skills to the organization a necessity. It is very important for you to have researched the position you are interviewing and what the patient population looks like. While the interviewer will be able to get some sort of broad sense from your resume, expanding on any specialty areas you are an expert in will go a long way on your answer here.

"As you can see from my resume, I have worked in a hospital setting and home health setting with a high number of geriatric patients. Throughout my career, this has been my favorite patient population to work with because I work so well with them and helping them to meet their needs."