How to hire general internal medicine physicians
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Job description template
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[Job title] at [Company name] [City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range] About the role [Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.] What you will do • Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention. • Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient. • Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients. • Make diagnoses when different illnesses occur together or in situations where the diagnosis may be obscure. • Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza or pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly. • Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury. • Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, for adult patients in an office or hospital. • Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract. What you bring • [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any] • [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: Doctoral or professional degree] • Strong active listening, reading comprehension, critical thinking, science, speaking and writing skills • Working knowledge of medicine and dentistry, biology, therapy and counseling and psychology • [Anything else you would really turn someone away for] Pay and benefits [Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $123.35 an hour ($256,560 a year). [Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.] How to apply [Apply on JAI Bot. Every applicant hears back.]
Interview questions for general internal medicine physicians
Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.
- Tell me about a time you had to advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to make diagnoses when different illnesses occur together or in situations where the diagnosis may be obscure. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to understand a request or problem that was explained poorly. How did you make sure you got it right?
- Tell me about written instructions, a policy or a manual you had to follow closely. How did you make sure you followed it correctly?
- Describe a decision at work where the obvious answer was wrong. How did you work out the better choice?
- Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?
Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.
What general internal medicine physicians do
- Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
- Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.
- Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
- Make diagnoses when different illnesses occur together or in situations where the diagnosis may be obscure.
- Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza or pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly.
- Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
- Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, for adult patients in an office or hospital.
- Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract.
Skills that matter most
Education, experience and outlook for general internal medicine physicians
- Typical education to start: Doctoral or professional degree (BLS)
- Related work experience most have: 2 to 4 years (O*NET)
- Training on the job: Internship/residency (BLS)
- Job outlook: +4% over ten years, about as fast as average · about 1,900 openings a year (BLS)
What to pay general internal medicine physicians
Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:
| State | Median yearly pay |
|---|---|
| Georgia | $425,460 |
| Minnesota | $373,700 |
| Wisconsin | $367,160 |
| South Carolina | $359,500 |
| Washington | $340,010 |
| Illinois | $140,680 |
| New Jersey | $89,990 |
| West Virginia | $72,680 |
See general internal medicine physicians pay in every state
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Post a job freePay by areaJob duties and skills: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JAI Bot has modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2025. Interview questions and the job description template: JAI Bot, based on the duties and skills above.