Questions to Help You Prepare for Job Interview

[LadyQT]

I know many people including myself has been asking this question. I researched in one of my text books and came up with the following. This has helped me and I hope it does the same for you!

Nursing Philosophy & Beliefs

• What is your philosophy of nursing?
  
• Is there a nursing theorist that you use as a basis for nursing practice?
  
• What do you believe is the most important concept to support excellence in nursing?

Personal Goals & Planning

• Where do you see yourself in 1 year? 5 years? 10 years?
  
• Have you developed any professional goals? If so, would you share those with me?
  
• Why do you want to work here?
  
• What plans do you have for continuing education in nursing?
  
• What do you see as your weakest area in nursing?
  
• What do you see as your strengths in nursing?

Your Experiences

• What experience in your nursing education did you find the most rewarding? Why?
  
• What experience in your nursing education did you like the least? Why?
  
• In what kind of setting did you have an opportunity to work as a nursing student?
  
• What other job experiences did you have? What skills did you develop there that will be useful in nursing?

Problem Solving

• Identify a problem in patient care that you encountered as a student and explain how you solved that problem.
  
• Describe a difficult patient with who you worked. Include why you found that patient difficult and how you managed the situation.
  
• Identify a situation in which you were involved in a conflict and describe how you handled that situation. If you had it to do over again, what would you do differently?
  
• Explain how you would use the nursing process in patient care.
  
• A problem may be presented to you for your solution. Plan ahead to approach it in a systematic manner.

Technical Skills

• What technical nursing skills do you feel comfortable performing?
  
• What skills will you require assistance with?
  
• What do you do when you encounter a technical skill you have not performed before?

The Employment Setting

• In what type of unit do you wish to work?
  
• Why do you want to work here?
  
• Why do you think we should hire you for this position?

Source: Nursing In Today's World. Trend's, Issues, and Management. 8th ed. p. 431

[itchi_michy]

i jaz copied the question u post and try to answer,,....now i have an idea what the possible question to be ask,,thanks.. its help me a lot:up:

[sherber1214]

Well, allnurses.com comes to the rescue once again! This answers all of my questions about my first nursing interview and what to expect. Now, I can prepare my responses and feel confident about the interview. The only question I have now is ....what to wear? I am only going to fill out an application tomorrow, so I don't think it will be considered an interview yet. Does this situation require full on dress suit, or more casual. Please, I need all of the dress code help that I can get!

Thanks a billion,

Shegal

[MB37]

I wouldn't walk into nurse recruiting to pick up my meal tickets for clinical unless I was in dress pants and a button down blouse. That was actually on the recommendation of our CI - she suggested that if we wanted to work at that hospital, it was never to early to start making a good impression on the recruiters. I don't know that filling out an ap REQUIRES a suit, but if you have one it can't hurt - do you know for a fact that they won't offer you an interview on the spot? I would definitely wear something that would be appropriate for an office job - you definitely don't want to be dressed more casually than the secretary. Every job I applied for only accepted online applications, but if I had any reason to believe I might be talking to HR/recruiters, I dressed for it.

[sherber1214]

Thanks for the advice. I decided to play it safe with a business casual skirt, blouse and black low heeled pumps. You never know!

Shegal

[clark08]

yeah this has been very helpful