Question for people in dentistry?

I once had an interview for a dental assistant position and choked when the interviewer asked me, "What don't you like about dentistry?" How do you answer that question without it making you look bad?

THIS IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. I WOULD HAVE TURNED THE TABLE ON THE INTERVIEWER BY SAYING A NEGATIVE INTO A POSITIVE BY STATING, "I DON'T LIKE THAT IN DENTISTRY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF THE DENTIST, AND BY BEING AN EXCEPTIONAL DENTAL ASSISTANT I WANT TO CHANGE THAT NEGATIVE FEAR."
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO TAKE THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE.
THIS TYPE OF ANSWER WOULD BE VERY POSITIVE FOR YOU. GOOD LUCK!!

Tell them that you do know a great deal about dentistry but don't know as much as you would like and that you would like to continue to learn more. OR that you don't like that patients don't always respect that they have a scheduled appointment time (is late), OR that you find it hard to connect with a certain patient population and would like to get better at it....

Something honest that would let them understand you are willing to learn from them....

JAMRDH -a dental hygienist

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