How do you respond?

[shaq786]

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Do you stumble when you get asked a question that your not equipped to answer?

How do you deal with it?

 

[shaun009]

try to turn it around into a subject that you do know something about...


if they ask. "how do you work with others at your job?"

you don't have a job.

"i'm currenlty not working, however, i can answer this question from a school/classmate point of view......"

 

[KBOUGHBE]

Be careful how you answer! I mean you could talk about a lot of BS and not truly answer their question. Alot of times they ask questions to see how much you keep up on different topics.

For instance, there were questions on my applications that what they really wanted to is if i was serious about pharmacy or what sets me apart from the rest of those applying.

Be honest with your interviewers, sometimes they are just looking to see what you know.

Good luck.

 

[PolarBear21]

Do you stumble when you get asked a question that your not equipped to answer?

How do you deal with it?

I can tell you what NOT to do lol.. don't just blurt out an answer because you are nervous. You might end up falling back on your words and trying to "fix" your answer mid-sentence and risk sounding like an overall fool.

Its better to sit and think about it, even if it results in a couple of seconds of akwardness.

At UOP they asked one of those "Name a time when.." questions and I was blanking out.. good thing my interviewer was nice and said "its ok .. take your time.." and I took my time and came up with an answer I was really happy with.

 

[ageldred]

That's a tough one. Just do your best! I remember at one of my interviews they asked what I would do if I didn't get along with my coworkers. Well I imagine almost everyone has been in that situation. I responded with something like I would try to maintain my professionalism and hope the situation would get better. I don't believe he was totally satisfied with that answer because he asked a few more questions in response to that, but I answered as best I could. I believe often interviewers are looking for integrity and consistency with their questions because sometimes you honestly don't know because you haven't been in that situation yet. Just try and think about the question and if you don't know, tell them. You could also remain vague and say something like every situation has to be evaluated on a case by case basis; or I'm not exactly sure of the procedure right now for that situation however I would hope to learn that in my initial training. Best of luck.

 

[crystalpink]

My suggestion is:
1. Take about 15-30 seconds to think about the answer, then answer the question. (Like the speaking test in TOEFL iBT).

2. Answer it right away by rehearse the question in complete sentence while you're thinking about the answer. This way is the one I always take.
For example,
Q: What do you think about .... bla bla bla?
A: (say this in slow tempo, like Andante or Adagio, while u're thinking about ur answer) What I think about ...... bla bla bla is (start telling your answer at this point).

 

[eddavatar]

Do you stumble when you get asked a question that your not equipped to answer?

How do you deal with it?

First, do not panic.

Second, do not make up stories. You will end up regretting it.

Thrid, tell them "That is a very interesting question. Please let me have a few seconds consider." Being able to slow down and think is never a knock on you.

Having the courage to say "I don't know, let me look it up." is a very important part of being a health care professional. You will be hammered over and over in school by everyone to make sure that you don't lie to your patient and make up an answer.