Dental Assistant Interview Questions

16 Provide an experience in which you were sensitive to somone's needs or feelings. How did your helpfulness affect your work environment?
17 How do you balance cooperation with others and independent thinking? Share an example. (Try to determine if the candidate has a cooperative attitude or is otherwise good-natured.)
18 Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.
19 Share an effective method you have used to instruct patients in oral hygiene and plaque control programs. Provide an experience.
20 Provide an example when your ethics were tested.
21 Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation.
22 Describe your experience fabricating temporary restorations or custom impressions from preliminary impressions.
23 Share an experience in which your diligence of inspecting equipment, structures, or materials helped you identify a problem or the cause of a problem.
24 Provide a time when you worked in a rapidly evolving workplace. How did you deal with the change? (Make sure the candidate is flexible.)
25 Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check?
26 Share an experience in which personal connections to coworkers or others helped you to be successful in your work. (Make sure candidate works well with others.)
27 Provide an experience in which you effectively cleaned teeth.
28 Share a time when you willingly took on additional responsibilities or challenges. How did you successfully meet all of the demands of these responsibilities? (Make sure the candidate is a self-starter and can demonstrate some initiative.)
29 Share an experience in which you made preliminary impressions for study casts and/or occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.
30 Provide an experience in which you successfully cleaned and polished a removable appliance.