Expanded Duties Dental Assistant (EDDA) Interview Questions

1 Share an experience you had in dealing with a difficult person and how you handled the situation.
2 Share an effective method you have used to provide postoperative instructions prescribed by dentists.
3 What is the key to success when communicating with the public.
4 Describe a time when you successfully provided personal assistance to a coworker or patron.
5 Tell me how you organize, plan, and prioritize your work.
6 Tell me about the last time you monitored or reviewed information and detected a problem. How did you respond?
7 Share an example of a time you had to gather information from multiple sources. How did you determine which information was relevant?
8 Share an experience when you applied new technology or information in your job. How did it help your company?
9 Share an experience in which you successfully shared a difficult piece of information. (Make sure that the candidate has open lines of communication.)
10 Tell me about a recent experience you've had working with your hands.
11 Provide an experience in which you assisted a dentist in a dental emergency.
12 What is the state of your records? Name one thing you would like to improve.
13 Share your experience exposing dental diagnostic x-rays.
14 Tell me about an experience in which you analyzed information and evaluated results to choose the best solution to a problem.
15 Share an example of when you went above and beyond the "call of duty". (Look for answers that show the candidate is dependable.)