Practice prompts based on occupational tasks
These Applyace practice prompts use O*NET tasks for marriage and family therapists. They are not reported employer questions. If you have not done a task, explain your approach and learning needs instead of inventing experience.
1. Ask questions that will help clients identify their feelings and behaviors.
Describe a real example of this task. What was your responsibility, and what happened?
2. Encourage individuals and family members to develop and use skills and strategies for confronting their problems in a constructive manner.
How did you decide which approach or tools to use? Explain the tradeoffs.
3. Develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior, and other personal issues.
What could go wrong during this task? Describe how you would check your work.
4. Maintain case files that include activities, progress notes, evaluations, and recommendations.
Explain a time you coordinated this work with someone else. How did you communicate?
5. Counsel clients on concerns, such as unsatisfactory relationships, divorce and separation, child rearing, home management, or financial difficulties.
How would you handle an unfamiliar part of this task? Identify what you would need to learn.
6. Determine whether clients should be counseled or referred to other specialists in such fields as medicine, psychiatry, or legal aid.
What evidence would show this task was completed successfully?
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Practice one answer with your own evidence
Pick an occupational task, then outline a real example. This is practice, not a prediction of an employer’s questions.
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Ask questions that will help clients identify their feelings and behaviors.
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Questions to ask the interviewer
- Which of these occupational tasks takes the most time on your team?
- How do you measure success in the first three months?
- Which tools, training and support are available for this role?
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