Question

Interview questions for social worker​

Answer 1

• What do you hope to accomplish as a social worker?

• Our agency serves XYZ population. What interests you about serving this population?

• How do you feel about supervision? What type of supervision do you prefer?

• How do you balance your work and personal life?

• What types of clients do you find the most difficult to work with and why?

• What are some of your biggest accomplishments in your fieldwork?

• Tell me about the most difficult case you have worked on.

• Tell me about something you would do differently in the management of one of your previous fieldwork cases.

• Have you ever been faced with an ethical conflict in your experience as a social worker? How did you handle the situation?

• Tell me about a time when you disagreed with someone over a treatment plan. What was the disagreement, and how was it resolved?

• How would you locate resources for clients in a community in which you have no relationships?

• Imagine a client walked into a session with you and appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. What would you do?

• What would you do if a client had a psychotic outburst in the waiting room?

• What techniques do you use in crisis intervention?

• What are your opinions on the current welfare system?

• Where do you think the field of social work is heading in the next five years?

• What is your theoretical orientation regarding family therapy?