 Hello, everybody. Andrea here. So let's talk about working interviews. So if you are a dental hygienist or a dental assistant, and you are called upon to participate in a working interview, so this can work one of two ways. I find they can call you in for an interview first to see if they even like you to see if they're a good, if you are a good candidate for the job and then if they like you they will say well why don't you come back tomorrow next week whenever to do a working interview so we can really see how you are in the office and as a person as a dental professional, or they could simply call you because they liked your resume or they heard about you from somebody that does happen a lot in our profession, where we don't even have to send in a resume so many times we just get told by so and so that they know a friend, a dental assistant, a dental hygienist who's looking for a job and then they'll call you and even instead of just talking to you first they'll say well why don't you just come in we'll talk to you that day and let's do a working interview so I've had to do them as well. I find I had to do it more often when I was a dental assistant. I shouldn't say more often when I was a dental assistant. I got the job right away like after a working interview but as a hygienist I found they hired me, but would say you know if we don't like you or if you're not a good fit for the office then we'll just let you go before the three month probation. So we're in interviews so what are they and what to expect. So basically act like you are part of the office. I know it's nerve wracking you're going to be nervous because you probably feel like you're being watched, but honestly nobody has time in a dental office to really watch you. I just want to see if you're good with patience, and if you basically know what you're doing but at the same time they realize you're new to the office they will not expect you to be perfect and I can promise you that. I have seen many working interviews in my time where I'd be working at the office and the dental hygienist was having a working interview or the dental assistant. What you're looking for like I said is are they good with patience meaning, are you going to sit there and look at the wall, or are you going to talk to your patient. Are you going to take initiative, are you going to clean up the room, disinfect the room right away or are you going to sit in the lunch room, twiddling your thumbs well the room is dirty waiting to be cleaned so we look for initiative. These things I think are common sense but apparently they're not because I've actually seen these things not be done so I've seen it where I'll be working on my patient and I'll kind of walk by the room and think okay. That room's dirty no big deal but where's the dental assistant or the dental hygienist she must be doing something else helping another patient doing something else yet she's in the lunch room or she's in the back having a snack or something. That's a core initiative I can't say that enough. We look for your personality to you don't have to have energy you don't have to be bubbly. You don't have to be shy you don't have to be whatever. It doesn't matter what personality you have but do you mesh well. So are you going to come in and act like you own the place. Are you going to come in and pick fights with every member of the dental staff I know that sounds silly but we look for things like that we don't want you to do that. Are you going to help out even when you're not asked so what I tell people all the time is, let's say your patient cancels. Well, again, don't just sit there twiddling your thumbs go to the dental receptionist ask if they need help. Say my patient canceled. Can I help you with something because again they realize you're new to the office they don't expect you to be perfect but anybody can file charts. Anybody can. I don't know, take this to the back room or anybody can open up boxes in the supply closet and help unpack things. Things like that. Anybody can do that. If the dental receptionist doesn't need help then go to the dental hygienist and say can I help you can I help you record your probing numbers can I help you disinfect your room. Can I help you take your tray for you to sterilize it. I mean you might not know how to work their sterilization lab so okay I wouldn't suggest doing that, but you could at least take the tray and put it into the sterilization area. If anybody is in there you can say, Oh, I'm just going to watch you because my patients not here I'd like to see how you guys do this, the sterilization process it might seem simple, but every office is different on how they do it so ask for help. These are the things we look for. If anybody don't just simply leave and say okay bye see you later. Ask anybody if they need help and then go to whoever kind of brought you in in the first place was it the office manager who you had more conversation with were they the ones who had hired you for the working interview or was it the dentist themselves if they're not busy you know go into their office go into their op and say thank you so much. It's been a good day I hope I did well for you. Any feedback I'd love to hear what you thought or just say thank you it was so nice to see you I would love to work for this office if you'll have me. Something like that so I hope that helped you guys let me know if you have any questions and I'll see you guys in the next video, click like if you liked the video and make sure to click subscribe because I do upload videos often. Thank you guys bye for now.