Pharmacy School Interview Questions and Answers

• Time Schedule- People need health and medical care day and night.
• Job dilemma- No guarantee you will find a job afterward.
• Deep Knowledge- As this is healthcare one must have detailed and deep knowledge of medications.

Before answering this question go through this profile and try to understand the meaningful purpose of pharmacy and use that in front of your interviewer. Also explains your interests in the profession.

Google helps you here. Just search for the latest and ongoing trends in the pharmacy. Go through the articles and prepare your answer. You need not go into details about medical discoveries to impress them. Just mention some things that caught your eye and you are good to go.

This hypothetical question makes you bold enough how to give answers in a situation where you don’t know the answer and shows your patient interaction skills and customer service.

If you have never heard of that medication tell them and say I would check if I can find the medication which has the same salts.

Caring for your patients in a good and honest manner is the most important business aspect. People who know that this pharmacist is knowledgeable and cares about them will increase their business as well.

• Improving as a learner is a key to growth in any kind of profession.
• Deeper knowledge about medications.
• Concentration of mind is required to succeed.
• Identify what you exactly need to learn.
• Cramming won’t help you in this profession.
• Read less but read for understanding.

Being a pharmacist allowed you to learn many skills that could help you in many ways.

• Communication skills by interacting with patients
• Finance skills by handling the counter.
• Mentoring Skills
• Management Skills

To avoid crazy schedules and convert them into an organized day you must be following tips-

• Use your calendar in the most efficient way.
• Keep all things that you need in one place.
• List down all the appointments.
• Organize your desk for maximum usage.

Pharmacists are responsible for providing safe and cost-effective medication therapy management which is a must for any healthcare organization to improve overall patient care.

A pre-pharmacy doesn’t contain any course that is related to pharmacology but there are some programs which are help students to introduce to the scientific area-

• Biology
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Geometry
• Bioethics