hello there my name is Richard McMunn
from the interview training company past
my interview comm and in this tutorial i
am gonna focus on teaching you how to
pass a medical assistant interview now I
have been literally inundated with
requests for this over the last few
months a lot of people are saying I've
got a medical assistant interview coming
up please can you help me to pass it so
here is the tutorial I promise you this
will make a huge difference to your
preparation so please do stick around
and watch it from beginning to end it
will take roughly about 8 to 10 minutes
but at the end of it you will have a far
greater chance of passing your medical
assistant interview I'm going to give
you a number of questions to prepare for
and more importantly high scoring
answers now as always a very warm
welcome from me my name is Richard
McMunn that's me there in the center
I've been helping people to pass
interviews for over 20 years now
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let's get straight into those medical
assistant interview questions and
answers so let's think about these
logically what is going to be the first
interview question it will be either
tell me about yourself or introduce
yourself and tell me why you want to
become a medical assistant so there's
essentially two questions in one there
introduce yourself and tell me why you
want to become a medical assistant you
will get asked this at your interview so
how do we get you off on the right
footing and make sure you load your
answer with key words phrases and the
necessary skills and attributes that are
needed to become a competent medical
assistant well I've studied the job
description in detail and here is my
suggested answer I am someone who is
passionate about health care and having
the ability to impact positively on
people's daily lives through my work
it's really important to me I've been
working towards becoming a medical
assistant for a long time now and having
researched the rolling detail and also
having looked at the job description
I feel the skills and attributes
so I possess are a strong match for the
role now for example I am hardworking I
can be relied upon to follow rules and
procedures I will always work accurately
I can use different communication styles
to suit the audience and I can also be
relied upon to maintain confidentiality
at all times I'm also someone who learns
things really quickly which means I can
start contributing to the healthcare
team I'm a part of in the shortest time
possible now if you hire me in this
position of medical assistant I will
always act as a positive role model and
I will carry out my duties diligently
and professionally now you'll notice in
that response that I am deliberately
used a lot of positive keywords and
phrases now if I was sat there listening
to you say that at the interview I would
be very impressed what I have done as a
site I've studied the job description
for you to cut out all of the hard work
and I've mentioned all of the important
and prominent and skills and attributes
needed hard work in following rules and
procedures being able to be accurate
being able to communicate effectively
and also confidentiality which is really
really important and now you can
obviously take notes as I progress
through this tutorial if you want or I
will tell you and as we progress through
the tutorial where you can download a
copy of these and other medical
assistant interview questions and
answers so please do watch from
beginning to end
next question of your medical assistant
interview why have you chosen to apply
to our organization to be a medical
assistant oh it doesn't matter which
Medical Center Hospital or organization
health care organization you are
applying for this is a general answer
that I believe will score highly here we
go now I saw the position advertised and
before submitting my application I
carried out some research into your
organization to make sure you're the
type of employer I would like to work
for how during my research I was hugely
impressed by the standards of care you
afford your patients the strong
reputation you have within the
healthcare industry and also the manner
in which you conduct your business now
following on from my research I really
wanted to apply for the position of
medical assistant and I know that if I'm
fortunate enough to get the job I would
get to work with a highly professional
team who strives to offer the
levels of patient care at all times
whilst also developing and improving
through continual learning and
self-assessment so what that does is it
sort of makes you stand out from the
other applicants because you saying you
know I the organization the healthcare
organization hospital or Medical Center
that I work for is more important to me
and that's what they want to hear a lot
of people will apply for a job because
they just want to be a medical assistant
that's okay but during the interview you
need to stay to them that you know the
their organization is really important
so you've done your you research you
know you've been impressed they've got a
good reputation but and this is
important you are saying there that the
standards of care that they are
affording are really high because that
shows that you have high standards
yourself so it's a smart answer to that
interview question let's have a look at
another one we assume you have studied
the job description for the role of
medical assistant tell me what you'd
expect to be doing in the role on a
daily basis so this is quite clever and
a clever question because I've been in
interviews before and I've said to
people okay you're applying for this job
tell me what you think you'd be doing
and it's clear that they haven't read
the job description because they are
just thinking in their head of what they
would do when actually the exact roles
are within the job address so you need
to read it but again
I've done the work for you here is my
suggested answer yes I have read the job
description and from what I understand I
would be required to help patients by
providing relevant information and
advice maintain medical supplies and
inventories maintain confidentiality at
all times and complete accurate patient
records and also liaised with other
medical staff to ensure the highest
standards of patient care I would also
be expected to look after like general
admin duties when required to save the
doctors valuable time but also need to
prepare patients for examination
schedule operations and also make
bookings with the surgical center now
finally I would also need to take
ownership of my professional knowledge
and expertise a dear to all medical
policies rules and procedures and also
work as part of a team to achieve the
mission the values and objectives of the
healthcare organization that I am
employed by so this shows you it shows
them sorry that you know you've looked
at the job advert you know what's
involved
because some people will just I'm an R&B
like well and have to work with other
people as part of a team but that
response shows that you've really looked
into it in detail now I'm gonna come on
to another question in a second so
please do stick around but if you'd like
to download the full set of medical
assistant interview questions and
answers there's a link that's appearing
right there in the top right hand corner
of that video if you click that will
take you through to my website where you
can download the full set and I've
created you'll get all of these answers
but other ones as well to the questions
that are likely to come up during your
medical assistant interview here's
another one can you describe a time when
you maintain confidentiality at work so
this is I would be extremely surprised
that this did not come up join your
medical assistant interview because
confidentiality is really important
doesn't matter where you are working in
the world as a medical assistant
confidentiality is under scrutiny and
you have to maintain it at all times
within this type of role so here's my
answer in my previous job I was working
as part of an admin team for a business
development company and it was really
important that we all maintain
confidentiality apart from the legal
requirement to maintain confidentiality
was also important from a client's
perspective as they needed to trust our
organization that any project
discussions that took place would not be
shared with any of their competitors now
the level of trust we had as an
organization was unrivaled and none of
the team ever discussed any projects or
confidential information outside at the
team environment now I understand that
as a medical assistant I must always
follow the code of conduct in relation
to confidentiality and I'll never
disclose or discuss information unless
I'm required to do so as part of my role
within the relevant and qualified
medical personnel so you are saying
there you're given a specific example
now if you are already a medical
assistant and you are applying for one
with a different organization think
about a time when you've maintained
confidentiality in the role whereas I've
done this with someone who's applying
fresh to become a medical assistant
about other jobs think about a time when
you respected confidentiality it might
even be where you and somebody confided
in you at work they were having problems
at home they were struggling with their
work and you know they confide it in you
and you didn't share that information
with anybody or you respected what they
told you but the important bit about the
answer is at the end I'm so now I
understand
as a medical assistant almost always
follow the code of conduct in relation
to confidentiality now if you're
applying for an organization and it
would be different if you're in America
which most of my viewers are but if
you're in England for example in you're
applying to join the NHS as a medical
assistant there will be a
confidentiality code of conduct and I
recommend you study that and read it and
say well there is a code of conduct this
is what it refers to you know just refer
to it in your answer that you are aware
of how important it is as a medical
assistant now like I say if you want to
download the full set of medical
assistant interview questions I
recommend you do spend a lot of time
putting together these unique answers
that no one else will have click the
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you all the best in your pursuit to
passing your medical assistant interview
have a brilliant day and thank you very
much