☛ How would you describe your communication skills?

☛ What makes you a good communicator?

☛ What is more important: good communication or good clinical skills?

☛ Give an example of a situation where you failed to communicate appropriately.

☛ Give an example of a non-clinical situation where your communication skills made a difference to the outcome of a project.

☛ How can you show empathy through an interpreter?

☛ What makes you a good team player?

☛ Give an example of a situation where you made a difference to a team.

☛ Give an example of a dysfunctional team in which you worked. How did you deal with it and what did you learn from that experience?

☛ Tell us about your management experience.

☛ What is the difference between management & leadership?

☛ Can you learn management by going to management courses?

☛ Do doctors need management skills?

☛ What does leadership mean to you and when do you exercise it?

☛ What makes you a good leader?

☛ Give an example of a situation where you showed leadership.

☛ Are leaders born leaders or can you learn to become a leader?

☛ What type of leader are you?

☛ Are you a leader or a follower?

☛ What makes a good team?

☛ How do you deal with stress?

☛ Give an example of a situation where you showed initiative.

☛ If you get this post, what ideas would you like to develop?

☛ How do you implement change in a unit?

☛ How do you go about fighting resistance from others when you want to change something? Give an example.

☛ As a consultant, how will you make sure that your team is up to scratch?

☛ In what circumstances have you had to influence others and how did you achieve your objectives?

☛ How possible is it to motivate and develop junior doctors in the current climate?

☛ How will you make sure that your team is up to scratch?

☛ How do you motivate others?

☛ How would your boss motivate you?

☛ How do you go about resolving a conflict?

☛ When is the last time you argued with a colleague?

☛ Tell us about a conflict which you had with a colleague?

☛ Tell us about a time when you had to deal with a conflict within your team or an MDT?

☛ What skills have you got which make you a good consultant?

☛ Would you be happy being an average consultant?

☛ What skills do you feel you need to improve the most?

☛ What are your strengths?

☛ What is your main weakness?

☛ How would your colleagues describe you?

☛ How would your patients describe you?

☛ How do you know that your colleagues trust you?

☛ How do you respond to criticism?