HIV 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?