QUESTION 6 OF 25

What experience do you have in the recruitment and hiring of fellow physicians?

Residency program directors get the amazing opportunity to recruit new faculty to their program from time to time. If posed this question during your interview, your team of interviewers is looking to hear about any roles you've played in the recruitment and interview processes of physician colleagues or program faculty in the past. If you have experience in this realm, make sure to highlight the ways that you gauged a person's long-term fit with the department and the organization. To seal your answer here, be sure to reiterate that recruiting top talent will always be a priority for you in this role.

"I do have experience in recruitment, hiring, and retention of staff on my current team. With the number of opportunities available out there for physicians right now, the best hires come from networking and casting a wide net and I want you to know that I will always be a proponent of bringing the best faculty on board to this program. I love the interview process, trying to ensure that a candidate's personal and professional values match those of the institution. If I'm fortunate enough to become the next residency program director of this amazing program, recruitment of top faculty will always be a priority for me if an opportunity were to arise."

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What experience do you have in the recruitment and hiring of fellow physicians?

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