Occupational Therapist Assistant Interview Questions

1 What factors do you consider when selecting therapy activities?
2 Share an experience you had in dealing with a difficult person and how you handled the situation.
3 Describe an experience in which you identified the educational needs of your students and successfully developed a way to teach/train them.
4 Describe a time when you successfully provided personal assistance to a coworker or patron.
5 Share an experience in which you successfully shared a difficult piece of information. (Make sure that the candidate has open lines of communication.)
6 Tell me about a recent experience you've had working with your hands.
7 How do you stay fit in order to perform physical activities that are required in the workplace?
8 Tell me how you organize, plan, and prioritize your work.
9 What are some long-range objectives that you developed in your last job? What did you do to achieve them?
10 Share an experience when you applied new technology or information in your job. How did it help your company?
11 Give me an example of when you thought outside of the box. How did it help your employer?
12 Tell me about an experience in which you analyzed information and evaluated results to choose the best solution to a problem.
13 Would you consider analyzing data or information a strength? How so?
14 Tell me about the last time you monitored or reviewed information and detected a problem. How did you respond?
15 Share an example of a time you had to gather information from multiple sources. How did you determine which information was relevant?