Consultant Question:

► How would you describe your communication skills?
► What makes you a good communicator?
► What is more important: good communication or good clinical skills?
► Give an example of a situation where you failed to communicate appropriately.
► Give an example of a non-clinical situation where your communication skills made a difference to the outcome of a project.
► How can you show empathy through an interpreter?
► What makes you a good team player?
► Give an example of a situation where you made a difference to a team.
► Give an example of a dysfunctional team in which you worked. How did you deal with it and what did you learn from that experience?
► Tell us about your management experience.
► What is the difference between management & leadership?
► Can you learn management by going to management courses?
► Do doctors need management skills?
► What does leadership mean to you and when do you exercise it?
► What makes you a good leader?
► Give an example of a situation where you showed leadership.
► Are leaders born leaders or can you learn to become a leader?
► What type of leader are you?
► Are you a leader or a follower?
► What makes a good team?
► How do you deal with stress?
► Give an example of a situation where you showed initiative.
► If you get this post, what ideas would you like to develop?
► How do you implement change in a unit?
► How do you go about fighting resistance from others when you want to change something? Give an example.
► As a consultant, how will you make sure that your team is up to scratch?
► In what circumstances have you had to influence others and how did you achieve your objectives?
► How possible is it to motivate and develop junior doctors in the current climate?
► How will you make sure that your team is up to scratch?
► How do you motivate others?
► How would your boss motivate you?
► How do you go about resolving a conflict?
► When is the last time you argued with a colleague?
► Tell us about a conflict which you had with a colleague?
► Tell us about a time when you had to deal with a conflict within your team or an MDT?
► What skills have you got which make you a good consultant?
► Would you be happy being an average consultant?
► What skills do you feel you need to improve the most?
► What are your strengths?
► What is your main weakness?
► How would your colleagues describe you?
► How would your patients describe you?
► How do you know that your colleagues trust you?
► How do you respond to criticism?