About how many questions can I expect to be asked at hospital interview? How many did you

springchick1, ADN, RN · Oct 24, 2015

Like you said, there is no way to know how many questions you will have. Good luck.

cracklingkraken, ASN, RN · Oct 24, 2015

It's not weird that you didn't get a phone interview first. It really depends on their interview process.

lunchboxRN · Oct 24, 2015

All jobs I applied for had online personality questionnaires prior to interview. I have never had a phone interview. I'd expect those only happen if the person is in a different state.

Anything can happen in an interview, I'd be prepared for your standard HR questions. Do a search on AN for interview questions and there's a few good threads. Prepare your answers ahead of time so you don't get blindsided.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Oct 25, 2015

is it weird that I didn't have a phone interview first? I am getting interviewed by the unit manager first. Hmm..

I've only had two phone interviews in the last five years, and one of those took place because I was an out-of-state applicant. If I had been living near the hospital, the phone interview would have been skipped.

In my personal experience of living in a major metro area of 7 million people, the majority of hospitals around here do not conduct phone interviews.

Ann.E · Oct 25, 2015

I have had three different jobs in various health care areas and each one had one or two sheets of paper with interview questions on it. Overall I didn't feel that the questions were very hard. Just a lot of "tell me of a time you...resolved conflict, made a positive change, blah blah". One did ask me to rate my proficiency at certain things such as med administration, IV starts, blood draws, patient education, etc. In all interviews they ask other nurses and aides to join in the interview and ask me questions as well. I liked this because a lot of times the nurses and aides are better at answering job specific questions than the managers are. Just keep practicing your questions and I am sure you will do fine! Good luck!

LV3677 · Oct 25, 2015

Just depends. I think I had about 15-20 questions for hospital jobs, plus time for my own questions for the interview panel, and overall the interviews were about 45 minutes long. I would anticipate scenario and prioritization questions, as well as behavioral type questions if I were you.

Editorial Team / Admin · Oct 26, 2015

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