I have a interview coming up for a scribe position with cep america. For those of you who are or have been scribes, can you please tell me what type of questions you were asked? any other advice on how I should prepare for this interview will be appreciated!
Interview for Scribe position
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General interview questions... What's your largest weakness? How far do you live? Availability? How can your personal skills help you be a scribe?
That was about it. Criteria for getting accepted is mainly just not being socially awkward, and having LOTS of availability.
That was about it. Criteria for getting accepted is mainly just not being socially awkward, and having LOTS of availability.
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Hey thanks for the name of that scribe company, I just sent in my resume for the Bay area. I'm trying to start working as a scribe asap so by the time I apply next year I'll have a good chunk of scribe time under my belt. I've only found 2 other companies to apply to that may have openings in the Bay area, one was MedCharts and other Elite Medical Scribes. Does anyone know of any others? I've been trying to search for more but with no luck.
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^This. Put down lots of availability. They like to know that you are willing to work your fair share of overnight shifts (11p-8a for me) and holidays. My interview was not tense at all. Mine also wanted to know that I was willing to commit to ~2 yrs working there.
Scribing is great. You get to see some neat things. Good Luck!
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mine ws more of a convo and they wanted to know I wasn't antisocial or crazy. Also that I wasn't going to ditch them after 3 months. gluck! i love my job!
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you could really show up unprepared. The dude that interviewed me was pretty dull IMO. The lady who did the phone interview ate while she was on the phone with me, which I thought was odd.
Nothing to worry about.
I left them hanging by not accepting the job....... twice!
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The process for me to get hired as a scribe (for another company) was very lengthy. I had to go through a phone interview, interview with assistant director, interview with the director, and interview with the lead scribe at the hospital I was applying for. I had to take a test of medical terminology, definitions, etc as well that was completely unexpected at one of the interviews. They required a very open availability and were very clear that they would not hire anyone who could not work for them for at least 1-2 years.
Once I was offered a position, I had to go through a full time training M-F 9-5 for a month and get a 90% on the "final exam" at the end before they put me in the hospital. Then after I was placed in the ED I still had an introductory period where I was evaluated by others and was not allowed to use any of my benefit time and only earned an introductory pay.
It was a brutal beginning but I'm very happy with my job now. I have a lot of awesome benefits, great pay, and I work with wonderful doctors.
I did interview for another scribe job prior to this one but was not hired. That position only conducted two interviews. I was invited for an interview at yet another location after I already accepted my current position and that location seemed very strict as well with their hiring. They sent out files with hundreds (possibly thousands) of medical terminology definitions and required their interviewees to review them prior to the interview.
Once I was offered a position, I had to go through a full time training M-F 9-5 for a month and get a 90% on the "final exam" at the end before they put me in the hospital. Then after I was placed in the ED I still had an introductory period where I was evaluated by others and was not allowed to use any of my benefit time and only earned an introductory pay.
It was a brutal beginning but I'm very happy with my job now. I have a lot of awesome benefits, great pay, and I work with wonderful doctors.
I did interview for another scribe job prior to this one but was not hired. That position only conducted two interviews. I was invited for an interview at yet another location after I already accepted my current position and that location seemed very strict as well with their hiring. They sent out files with hundreds (possibly thousands) of medical terminology definitions and required their interviewees to review them prior to the interview.
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I recently got hired as a scribe. The interview was done by 2 head scribes. They basically asked the typical interview questions...Some I remember: Why do you want to go into medicine? How did you hear about our program? Do you know what scribes actually do? When do you plan on applying to med school? Tell about a situation where you were under a lot of stress/pressure and were able to succeed? etc you get the idea. Definitely be prepared to answer the "why medicine?" question. I thought of it as a good mock interview for medical school 😀
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What the hell, this sounds awful! I was hired with no prior experience or medical knowledge, put into the ED with only 6 hours of non-work training. Those programs sound ridiculous, way over training people... you learn all you need on the job, the doctors don't expect you to be med students...
*but, it sounds like you make more than minimum wage, so I guess you have it better off haha
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our process after the initial interview was brutal too. ANd i can understand the long term commitment they require. to the OP if you don't see yourself there for at least a year, don't do it. I remember for the first 6 months I felt like I was drowning. It was really overwhelming but after that it gets really fun. At this point--3 years in--it's reallllly fun and interesting because I'm able to get a lot more clinical stuff out it. 🙂 Gluck!
