Practice 35 Pharmacist interview questions covering clinical scenarios, patient safety, and medication management.
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Stephanie Baumhover, PharmD, BCPS is a board certified clinical pharmacist with over 20 years experience interviewing and hiring pharmacists in several practice settings.
This can be a hard question, but a little preparation will help you give a polished answer. This is designed to see if you have an idea of what you are getting yourself into with this role. Not every retail job is the same, and not every hospital job is the same. If your answer matches what the job is really like, most likely the job will work out for both employer and employee. You want to review the job description prior to the interview, which should list some key tasks of the role.

Stephanie Baumhover, PharmD, BCPS is a board certified clinical pharmacist with over 20 years experience interviewing and hiring pharmacists in several practice settings.
"Depending on the assignment of the day, I would start my shift by _____, I would complete some batch checking, answer phone calls as needed, attend rounds, complete pharmacokinetic consults and dosing consults, check in with ____, and close out my daily task list. I may attend a meeting if needed."

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