Pediatrician Mock Interview

Practice 25 Pediatrician interview questions covering clinical judgment, parent communication, and developmental care.

WRITTEN BY AUDRA KRESINSKE
QUESTION 1 OF 25

Tell me a little about yourself.

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This should be answered briefly and succinctly, and it should include why you want this position and the circumstances behind your leaving your current situation (they will want to know--and will ask if you don't say why).

"I come here a few years delayed as medicine wasn't my initial goal--I had gotten another degree. So I had to go back to school to acquire some of the pre-requisites for my application to med school. However, I have since been on track. I am married with one child. After finishing my residency, I joined the staff of the school for a year until I could decide where I wanted to go next. That brings me here."

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25 Pediatrician Interview Questions & Answers

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01 Tell me a little about yourself. ~PEDIATRICIAN 02 What is it about this group/hospital that makes you want to be a part of it? ~PEDIATRICIAN 03 What can you bring to our group/hospital? ~PEDIATRICIAN 04 Do you have any lawsuits currently or in the past, including any settlements? ~PEDIATRICIAN 05 Here we have a policy of _______. Do you have a problem with that? ~PEDIATRICIAN 06 If you’re not available, due to illness or vacation, for example, how will your patients be cared for? ~PEDIATRICIAN 07 Do you have any personal problems with our seeing or assigning you indigent or “charity” cases? ~EXPERIENCE 08 If you were to see a peer doing or saying something inappropriate, how would you respond? ~PEDIATRICIAN 09 What invasive procedures are you planning to do? ~PEDIATRICIAN 10 How do you feel about telemedicine? ~COMPETENCY 11 Are you going to be doing pre-term neonatal or NICU care? ~PEDIATRICIAN 12 Are there any substance abuse, domestic violence, or other background items that could impact the integrity of our hospital/group? ~PEDIATRICIAN 13 If you’re on a rotational call for indigent patients or patients without a doctor, how would you feel about having to see a patient in the ED whom you had dismissed from your practice. ~EXPERIENCE 14 Would you be willing to accept whatever electronic medical record process is in use here? ~PEDIATRICIAN 15 How would you handle a problem in which Utilization Review wants you to discharge a patient who you feel isn’t medically ready for discharge? ~PEDIATRICIAN 16 If you were to receive a communication from the Executive Committee about a practice issue of yours that it seems could have clinical repercussions, how would you address the members when meeting with them? ~PEDIATRICIAN 17 How timely is your practice to sign off on chart entries and make all of your dictations current? Have you ever been suspended from a staff for failure to do these? ~PEDIATRICIAN 18 Would you be willing to serve on a committee investigating an issue with one of your colleagues? ~PEDIATRICIAN 19 What would be your response to hearing a code being called in the middle of the night as you’re getting ready to go home after attending a patient? ~PEDIATRICIAN 20 How is your attendance at general staff and department meetings? ~PEDIATRICIAN 21 Are you going to be doing any chronic pain care? ~PEDIATRICIAN 22 An insistent parent can be a problem when treating a child. An example is one who insists on antibiotics for a viral illness you have diagnosed. How do you typically approach this parent? ~PEDIATRICIAN 23 If a patient were to present to you with headache and a rash, what would you do? ~PEDIATRICIAN 24 If your 15-year-old female patient were to have a simple cyst on her ovary, how would you approach a disagreement with a GYN surgeon who seems anxious to remove it? ~PEDIATRICIAN 25 If you see a child you suspect is suffering abuse from a parent, and that parent were very prominent in the community to the point of devastating your career, how might you take care of your patient while mitigating your political and professional risks? ~CAREER GOALS
Audra Kresinske
Written by Audra Kresinske
25 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS · PEDIATRICIAN
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