Substance Abuse Social Worker Interview Questions
Go Back1. How do you handle stress on the job?
2. Do you consider yourself a patient person? How do you increase your patience level in challenging situations?
3. Are you a people person?
4. How would you describe your communication skills?
5. What is our mission statement?
6. This concludes our interview. Do you have any questions for me?
7. Besides vacation and holiday time, how many days were you absent from work last year?
8. Are you available to work weekends when needed?
9. Why did you leave your last job?
10. We require all candidates to submit to a pre-employment drug screen. Will you have an issue passing the drug screen?
11. Why do you want to work for our agency?
12. What major challenge did you face in your last position?
13. After reading the job description, what do you like most about this position?
14. What excites you the most about a career as a Substance Abuse Social Worker?
15. Why are you the best Substance Abuse Social Worker for us?
16. Why did you choose to pursue a career as a Substance Abuse Social Worker?
17. What do you believe is your best asset as a Substance Abuse Social Worker?
18. What do you feel is the most important skill a Substance Abuse Social Worker should possess?
19. Tell me about your education.
20. What is your experience working as a Substance Abuse Social Worker?
21. What are your career goals?
22. What do you like to do in your free time?
23. What is your greatest weakness, and what are you doing to improve?
24. If you could, would you choose a different career?
25. What was the last book you read for fun?
26. Do you see yourself as a leader? When have you led a team?
27. What is your philosophy towards work?
28. Have you ever been overloaded with work?
29. Describe a situation where other people who you were working with did not agree with your ideas. What did you do?
30. What are the three main sections of a psychosocial assessment report?