Table 2.

Standardized interview questions

Wave one

Guide me through the thought process behind your answers

What were your thoughts when you chose this answer?

How did you arrive at those answers?

What sticks out to you about this situation?

Wave two

What did you see as the primary dilemma in this issue?

What were some things that stuck out to you about this question?

What outcomes did you consider when you selected your answers?

How did your professional expertise help you to choose your answers?

How was this scenario relevant to your experience?

What factors did you consider when you chose those answers?

What dilemma did you see with these answers?

Was this question easy or difficult to answer? Why?

When have you seen someone in a similar situation make poor decisions? What did they do or not do?

What professional guidelines did you think about when working through this exercise?

Clarification

How so?

Could you expand upon …?

What did you mean when you said …?