State Epidemiologist Interview Questions

31 Provide an example of when you set expectations and monitored the performance of subordinates. What guidance and direction did you find most effective?
32 In your experience, what is the key to developing a good team? (Look for how they build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.)
33 Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation.
34 Provide a time when you worked in a rapidly evolving workplace. How did you deal with the change? (Make sure the candidate is flexible.)
35 What is the key to success when communicating with the public.
36 Share an experience in which your willingness to lead or offer an opinion helped your company.
37 Tell me about a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task.
38 Name a time when your creativity or alternative thinking solved a problem in your workplace.
39 Describe an experience when you conducted research to develop methodologies, instrumentation and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings.
40 Share an effective approach to identify and analyze public health issues related to foodborne parasitic diseases and their impact on public policies or scientific studies or surveys.
41 Please share an experience in which you successfully taught a difficult principle or concept. How were you able to be successful?
42 Provide an experience in which you were sensitive to somone's needs or feelings. How did your helpfulness affect your work environment?
43 Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check?
44 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.)
45 What have you found to be the best way to teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians?

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