Pathologist Assistant - Per Diem
Posted Sep 29, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you found a labeling or requisition mismatch on a specimen. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they stop the line on identification errors, since one mix-up can lead to the wrong patient's surgery or diagnosis.
Tell me about a time you trained a resident or PA student at the bench. What did you focus on?
What they are checking: Whether they can teach safe, consistent grossing habits instead of just doing the work for the learner.
A pathologist asks you to submit more sections on a case you thought was fully sampled. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they take correction without defensiveness and learn the attending's preferences for next time.
What would you do
You get a lymphoma workup and a breast case at the same time, and the frozen room is calling. How do you set your order?
What they are checking: Whether they rank work by tissue viability and patient impact rather than by what arrived first.
This is a per diem role with flexible weekday hours. How do you get up to speed fast on a lab's protocols when you aren't there every day?
What they are checking: Whether they can step into an unfamiliar workflow and follow local rules without needing much supervision.
About the work
Walk me through how you gross a complex resection, like a Whipple or a radical prostatectomy, from the moment it lands on your bench.
What they are checking: Whether they follow an orderly, margin-first approach that a pathologist can trust without redoing the work.
A surgeon is waiting on a frozen section and the tissue is fatty and won't cut well. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they know practical tricks for hard frozens and stay calm while an operating room waits on them.
How do you decide which fixative a specimen needs, and when would you hold back fresh tissue instead of putting it in formalin?
What they are checking: Whether they think ahead to flow cytometry, cultures or research needs before fixation makes them impossible.
What makes a gross description useful to the pathologist who signs out the case days later?
What they are checking: Whether they write descriptions that let someone picture the specimen and find every block without guessing.
How do you decide what to photograph on a gross specimen, and how do you make the photo useful?
What they are checking: Whether their photos show orientation, scale and the lesion clearly enough to support the final report.
How do you handle formalin exposure, sharps and biohazard waste so your bench stays safe for the next person?
What they are checking: Whether safety and regulatory habits are automatic for them, not something they think about only during an inspection.
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