I really screwed up on an interview

[DoubleblessedRN]

Recently I interviewed for a position I really wanted. Interviewing has always been an extreme weakness of mine. I choked and gave a lot answers I didn't feel confident with. Needless to say, I didn't get the position. I have read on career websites that it is acceptable to follow up by asking the interviewer what went wrong and for suggestions on how to improve. If it is acceptable to do this, could someone also maybe give me advice on how to tactfully let the interviewer know this and let them know that I would still be interested in the future and that I hope I didn't ruin the chance of ever being considered.

[chrisrn24]

Ok this is totally not in response to the topic above but it's about me showing up to my RN job interview a day early I am worried now that they may take this against me. Any advice on what I can say to the managers on my actual interview day??? I feel so bad :{

What's the big deal? You didn't miss it, you showed up early. Why would they take it against you? Just say "sorry, I thought yesterday was the 16th" or whatever.

I don't mean for that to come off that brusque but it seriously shouldn't matter. Who hasn't thought they worked on x day and realized it was their day off!

[CC Wisconsin]

I can't say either way if you would receive feedback and/or how to ask for it. For your next interview, I would suggest reading: https://allnurses.com/nursing-interview-help/how-answer-most-748905.html ("How To Answer the Most Common Interview Questions" on the Interview forum of the Careers section). There are three articles with several questions that you may run into. I absolutely despise interviews...but looking over these questions and preparing a general answer really helped me in my interview.

Hopefully you get a response from the employer, and good luck in future interviews!

[Nurseadam]

interviews are my thing...

You need to be

-confident, go in like you know the person you're talking to

-smile smile smile, say thank you, please

-google the top questions most interviewers ask and copy and paste them, then write your answer under them, you can even google the correct answers.

-try to guess anything that you think they might ask and prepare for it.