50 Interview Questions To Prep With

Common Questions Asked:

1. Why Physical Therapy?

2. Tell us about yourself

3. Why____ program?

4. How is Physical Therapy Different from other professions?

5. Pick 3 words to describe yourself.

6. Why are ethics important?

7. What is your own personal code of ethics?

8. What are some of your weaknesses?

9. How did you overcome a difficult situation and what did you learn?

10. What is the difference between a PT and PTA?

11. What are some current issues in physical therapy?

12. Five years from now after Physical Therapy school what are your goals?

13. Who has influenced you most in your life?

14. What are some community service efforts you have participated in?

15. What would you do if you caught another student cheating?

16. How would you handle a colleague sharing a patients info on social media?

17. Describe an observation experience.

18. How have you improved your application since last time you applied?

19. What characteristics make a good physical therapist?

20. Why is integrity important?

21: What is vision 20/20?

22. Why is direct access important? Does your state have it?

23. Can physical therapists own their own clinic? What do you think of therapists working at a clinic owned by another health professional?

24. How do you cope with stress?

25. How do you work with someone who isn’t doing their part? Could be a class project or work environment.

26. Give us a time you were in a conflict that was not resolved.

27. How would you handle an unhappy patient?

28. If you were not doing well in a class what would you do?

29. What qualities make a good leader?

30 Do you prefer to work alone or in a team environment?

31. What will you contribute to the program?

32. What qualities make a good physical therapist?

33. What are your hobbies?

34. What is your opinion on physical therapy research?

35. Are you opposed to traveling for your clinicals?

36. How do you balance life?

37. How would you influence someone to become healthy if they lived an unhealthy lifestyle?

38. How do you handle working with individuals from different cultures?

39. How do you work around something you do not understand?

40.What are you goals?

41. How do you ensure good communication?

42. What are your study habits?

43. What were extracurricular activities you participated in undergrad?

44. Whats a recent book you read?

45. How do your values align with our mission statement?

46. What do you think of Physical Therapy organizations? Is there a benefit to belonging to one? ( ex APTA)

47. What is the most challenging part of being a physical therapist?

48. What classes have you taken that have prepared you most for Physical Therapy school?

49. What are your values?

50. Why should we accept you?