How to Answer: Where are you most comfortable providing therapy?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for an Occupational Therapist job interview.
25. Where are you most comfortable providing therapy?
How to Answer
As an Occupational Therapist you may see your patients in the home, community clinics, rehab facilities, schools or physicians' offices. It is important to know the job that you are interviewing for and what the expectations are for seeing patients. Stress to your interviewer that you are comfortable in any situation and talk about the settings that they'll be looking for you to see patients in. Avoid any negative comments about any type of location as you may be expected to see patients there at some point.
Entry Level
"During my internship time, I saw patients exclusively in the hospital setting. Moving forward, I am a very flexible person and would love to experience seeing patients in other settings as well. No matter where I am working with a patient, the nuts and bolts of the job at hand are the same. "
Answer Example
"I prefer seeing patients in the clinic setting but am happy to see patients wherever is most comfortable for them. I have worked with patients in their home and at rehab facilities as well."
Experienced
"Throughout my career, I've had the opportunity to work in many settings. I started out working in a clinic and hospital setting and then started working in rehab facilities. But my most rewarding times working as an Occupational Therapist have been in a home health setting and that is what makes this position so attractive to me. In the home, I feel that I am the best I can be for patients by being able to assess their home living arrangements and make living life to the fullest easiest for them."