The Questions That Actually Reveal What a Clinic Is Like

Most clinic interviews are a performance on both sides. You ask safe questions, they give safe answers, and six weeks in you find out what the job is actually like.

Here's how to skip that part.

Instead of "what's your caseload like," ask this:

"Can you walk me through what a typical Tuesday looks like for a BCBA here?" Vague answers here are a red flag by themselves. A clinic that actually runs well can describe a normal day without hedging.

Instead of "do you offer good supervision," ask this:

"How often is supervision scheduled, and how often does it actually happen as scheduled?" There's a real gap between a policy on paper and what happens when things get busy. You want to know which one you're getting.

Instead of "what's the culture like," ask this:

"What's the most common reason someone leaves this role?" A clinic that's thought about this will give you a real answer. A clinic that's never asked itself this question probably hasn't done much to fix whatever the answer is.

Instead of "is there room to grow," ask this:

"Who was the last BCBA promoted or given more responsibility here, and what did that look like?" Specifics beat promises every time.

One more that most people skip:

"What would make someone a bad fit for this role?" If they can't answer, they either haven't thought it through or aren't being straight with you. Either way, useful to know before you sign anything.

None of these questions are aggressive. They're just specific, and specific is the one thing a clinic that's overselling itself can't fake on the spot.

This is exactly the kind of digging our Green Flag Assessment does before a clinic ever gets access to our network, so you're not the one stuck doing detective work in a 30 minute interview.