Medical Geneticist Interview Questions

1 Please share with me an example of how you helped coach or mentor someone. What improvements did you see in the person's knowledge or skills?
2 What kind of experience do you have planning or conducting basic genomic and biological research related to areas such as regulation of gene expression, protein interactions, metabolic networks, and nucleic acid or protein complexes?
3 How do you stay up to date with scientific literature to select and modify methods and procedures most appropriate for genetic research goals?
4 Share your approach to review, approve, or interpret genetic laboratory results.
5 Describe an experience in which you identified the educational needs of your students and successfully developed a way to teach/train them.
6 Share an experience you had in dealing with a difficult person and how you handled the situation.
7 Tell me how you organize, plan, and prioritize your work.
8 What are some long-range objectives that you developed in your last job? What did you do to achieve them?
9 Give me an example of when you thought outside of the box. How did it help your employer?
10 Would you consider analyzing data or information a strength? How so?
11 Share an effective approach to working with a large amount of information/data. How has your approach affected your company?
12 Tell me about the last time you monitored or reviewed information and detected a problem. How did you respond?
13 Share a time when you successfully used scientific rules or methods to solve a problem at work.
14 How would you rate your writing skills? (Ask for an example that demonstrates great writing skills.)
15 Provide an example of a time when you were able to demonstrate excellent listening skills. What was the situation and outcome?