Social Work Interview Questions
Go Back1. What is your ideal schedule?
2. Are you able to work overtime, evenings or weekends as needed?
3. What do you hope to accomplish in your career as a social worker?
4. Social work is stressful and difficult at times. How do you handle the pressure?
5. What would your most recent supervisor say about you?
6. What is your greatest strength? How does it help you with your career in social work?
7. After reviewing our job description, what do you feel makes you most qualified for this position with us?
8. Do you feel comfortable working with adoptions?
9. What have been your most desirable clients in your social work career so far?
10. What have been your most difficult type of client thus far?
11. Are you able to work well with a team?
12. What is your communication style?
13. How do you plan out your day to ensure that all priorities are met?
14. How do you define success in your work and personal life?
15. What are your career goals? For the next 5 years? The next 10 years?
16. Tell me something about yourself that I wouldn't know from reading your resume?
17. How would you handle visiting a family and coming to the realization that they are neglecting/abusing their children?
18. What action steps would you take to remove children from an unsafe home environment?
19. When working with child abuse cases, what do you find the most difficult and how do you manage your emotions?
20. When working with adoption cases, what do you find the most difficult and how do you manage your emotions?
21. Have you done this type of work in the past?
22. What would you like to learn here?
23. What do you hope to accomplish at this company?
24. How has your education/work experience prepared you for this position?
25. What kind of supervision do work best with?
26. What are your professional qualifications?
27. What is your experience with the target population that you will be working with?
28. Why do you want this job? Why do you want to work for this organization?
29. How does the work in this organization fit your professional mission?
30. Why are you interested in this agency?