QUESTION 29 OF 45
How do you handle stressful situations?
Optometrists must handle stressful situations while remaining calm, which will decrease stress in their patients and staff. Interviewers ask this behavioral question to see how you handle various stressful situations while at work and how you relieve stress. Give an example of a stressful situation and how you worked through it.
"Working in a busy practice, the work schedule can be quite stressful with back-to-back patients and the occasional emergency patient. The way I manage stressful workdays is by being organized and planning my day in advance. I leave room in the schedule to accommodate the unknown, which keeps the staff from becoming stressed and my patients from having to wait too long to see me."
