Mental Health Social Worker Interview Questions

16 Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check?
17 Provide an experience in which you were sensitive to somone's needs or feelings. How did your helpfulness affect your work environment?
18 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?
19 Share an experience in which you used new training skills, ideas, or a method to adapt to a new situation or improve an ongoing one. (Look for the candidate's ability to learn.)
20 How would you rate your writing skills? (Ask for an example that demonstrates great writing skills.)
21 Share an example of when you went above and beyond the "call of duty". (Look for answers that show the candidate is dependable.)
22 How do you balance cooperation with others and independent thinking? Share an example. (Try to determine if the candidate has a cooperative attitude or is otherwise good-natured.)
23 What is the key to success with collaborating with counselors, physicians, or nurses to plan or coordinate treatment, drawing on social work experience and patient needs?
24 Provide a time when you worked in a rapidly evolving workplace. How did you deal with the change? (Make sure the candidate is flexible.)
25 Describe methods you have found effective to monitor, evaluate, and record client progress with respect to treatment goals.
26 Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation.
27 Describe a time when you successfully persuaded another person to change his/her way of thinking or behavior.
28 Tell me about a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task.
29 Provide an example of when you were persistent in the face of obstacles.
30 Tell me about the last time you educated clients or community members about mental or physical illness, abuse, medication, or available community resources.

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