[cyberdot]

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

After reading through some of these forums I know you ladies/gents are knowledgable so I would like to ask for you help. I'm having to create a mock interview for my career field, and I have yet to complete my degree as a Registered Nurse.

Can anyone give me a good list of questions that an interviewer will or could ask me when I go to this type of job interview? I don't want the answers, I need to be able to answer those on my own.

Your help would be so appreciated.

[Daytonite]

Hi, cyberdot, and welcome to allnurses!

I've done a fair amount of interviewing as a manager. Here are links to questions for interviewing:

• http://www.hospitalsoup.com/interview-questions.asp - questions you'll be asked
• http://www.hospitalsoup.com/employerquestions.asp - questions for nurses to ask employers during interviews
• http://www.hospitalsoup.com/interviewmanagement.asp - questions you'll be asked if you're interviewing for a management position
• http://www.hospitalsoup.com/inappropriate-interview-questions.asp - inappropriate or unacceptable interview questions and what you should do if you are asked one of these

Things not to do at an interview:

• Talk about your personal self.
• Show your superiority in the situation.
• Show your agreement or disagreement with the things the interviewer says.
• Compare yourself with other candidates or other persons who currently fill the position during the interview.
• Interrupt the interviewer for no reason (the interruption is accepted only with a specific purpose).
• Use or talk about technology you can’t understand.
• Talk about irrelevant things.

Since I also write a good number of recommendations as well, I have list of desirable qualities an employer wants to see in a worker. This list is extracted from lists of employment interview questions I have looked at over the years. Many interview questions are designed around these behaviors and attributes:

• initiative
• motivation
• positive attitude
• dynamic energy
• responsibility
• ability to give good customer service
• capacity to learn
• productivity
• flexibility
• leadership
• team work
• ability to tolerate pressure
• analytical ability
• desire to develop professionally

Characteristics to evaluate a candidate for:

• Oral Communication – speaks clearly with precision and accuracy
• Written communication-precise, accurate, grammatically correct
• Intellectual ability – aptitude for the job or school
• Leadership – takes initiative and motivates others
• Ethics – honest, integrity, ethical behavior
• Empathy – considerate sensitive and tactful in response to others
• Reliability – dependable, responsible, prompt and thorough
• Judgment – displays critical thinking skills, common sense and decisiveness
• Interpersonal Relations – able to get along well with peers and superior
• Adaptability – reacts well to stress, posed and controlled

There is a forum on allnurses called Nursing Career Advice (http://allnurses.com/forums/f87/). You might want to search the tread for interview question or advice. It also has this sticky thread on it that you might want to look at:

• "Wondering why you can't get hired or promoted: Resume + Interview hints!" http://allnurses.com/forums/f87/wond...nts-84387.html

You might specifically search on that forum for posts by me using the search word "interview" since I'm sure I have posted lists of specific questions on allnurses before, just don't remember when or where.

I also think that if you go to the website of Monster.com to their section on advice for resumes, etc., they will have a section of advice on interviewing. The last time I was on their website searching that area they had specific articles that pertained to nursing and healthcare resumes.

Good luck with your project!