Optometry Job Interview Questions

Whether you are an optometrist being interviewed for a job or a practice owner/administrator interviewing an optometrist candidate, there are typical questions regularly asked during job interviews. Moreover, many considerations make the interview setting in itself convey messages to applicants who will get the job as well as to candidates who will no get the job. For most practice owners who conduct interviews themselves, the hardest part in hiring is to be able to hire the right person with the absolute certainty he is going to stay with the practice for a long time.

The questions that are most employed include:

Tell me about yourself, where do you see yourself in 5, 10 years from now?

What do you do for our company and how do you think we can help you grow?

What excites you more about Optometry?

Those are great questions however if we want to know about the person being hired we should look for additional information. Warren Buffet considers three main characteristics in the hiring process include integrity, intelligence, and energy. All three being of the same important one, but without integrity, an energetic and intelligent person will kill the company.

Intelligent people are what Optometry needs. An intelligent and energetic Optometrist has what it takes to accomplish a great job and is fueled by drive and motivation at the same time. However, a lack of integrity is not acceptable. Without integrity, you will always question your employee’s decisions. Integrity cements team members together and develops trust as each team member will see himself dependable and accountable for his actions. Integrity shows who walks the talk.

Interviewing for integrity includes asking about situations where the employee was held accountable, how did he act, how was he accountable for his decision.

Integrity relies on getting the interviewee to talk about a situation where he had to respond ethically and fairly to solve a given problem. When did he or does he feel is acceptable to break the rule, how did he or does he justify his actions.

An employee interviewed for integrity should demonstrate the points he values in teamwork and how he resolves conflict among colleagues. How does he define white lies?

What are the traits he sees the best in his superiors or boss? How would he like to be treated or awarded when he decides on unusual situations.