Nursing Assistant (CNA) Hiring Process John Muir

Hello to all,

I've mentioned before, but I'll recap my situation here. I'm a pre-nursing student (planning to transfer out of my community college into nursing school either Fall 09 or Spring 2010) and I decided to enroll in a C.N.A class to gain hospital experience. I graduated in February (wahoo!) but opted to not take the state board exam at that time because I had to study not only for school and prerequisite classes, but also for my TEAS and my NET tests to get into nursing school. I ended up getting overwhelmed and decided to cut out the CNA certification test because it was the least important to me. I'm still planning on getting the certification. I'm just waiting until summer vacation so I have nothing else to worry about (probably beginning of June-ish).

Anyway, I decided I might as well apply for various Nursing Assistant positions around here even without certification (just in case!). To my surprise, John Muir hospital called me back this morning (I'm pretty sure I applied there end of February so it's been a while) and asked me to come in for a "C.N.A. test".

My question to you is what on earth is that all about? The lady on the phone said it's a test that will decide whether they want to set me up for an interview or not. I mean, I'm assuming that the fact that they've called me at all is a good sign and I'm not getting my hopes up or anything (I heard the interview process is pretty harsh), but I'm getting nervous about this "test" that she mentioned. Does anyone have any information about it? Also, does anyone work at John Muir who is NOT C.N.A. certified? If so, how did you get the job? What's it like? What was the interview process like? etc.

Thanks for any info anyone may have! I might also mention that I'm an active volunteer for John Muir (in their E.R. and in the gift shop) so that may have helped a bit. I'm still wondering what's to come, though.