Occupational Therapist (OT) Interview Questions

31 Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check?
32 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.)
33 What factors do you consider when selecting activities to help individuals learn work and life-management skills?
34 Share an experience in which personal connections to coworkers or others helped you to be successful in your work. (Make sure candidate works well with others.)
35 What is the state of your reports of patients' progress? Name one thing you would like to improve.
36 Provide an effective method you have used to train caregivers in providing for the needs of patients.
37 What is the state of your records? What is something you are trying to improve?
38 How do you stay fit in order to perform physical activities that are required in the workplace?
39 Provide an experience that demonstrates your ability to manage time effectively. What were the challenges and results?
40 Share an experience in which your recommendation for changes in a patient's work or living environment benefited the patient.
41 Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.
42 Provide an example of a time when you successfully organized a diverse group of people to accomplish a task.
43 Tell me about an effective health promotion program, group activity, or discussion which you developed and/or participated in.
44 What have you found to be the best way to monitor the performance of your work and/or the work of others? Share a time when you had to take corrective action.
45 Share a time when you willingly took on additional responsibilities or challenges. How did you successfully meet all of the demands of these responsibilities? (Make sure the candidate is a self-starter and can demonstrate some initiative.)

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