When considering a career as a medical assistant, take inventory of your strengths and weaknesses, skills and abilities, to ensure that this type of work will suit you. Are you interested in helping others? Do you have a desire to work with patients? Are you interested in medicine, and do you desire to work in a doctor's office or clinical environment? If you can answer "yes" to all of these questions, then a career as a medical assistant may be right for you. How Do I Prepare for a Medical Assistant Interview? A job interview helps do what a resume can't—it [...]