Today I had an interview for a PRN job. I had a previous interview earlier this week with the hiring managers that went well so they advanced me to the next round of interviews. I already work for this hospital just in a different department. As soon as I walked into the interview I felt immediately out of place. It consisted of 9 nurses. The nurses were not prepared with questions and just stared at me to begin with. This is not the norm for our organization, as we do behavioral interviewing organization-wide. The interview started more like a lecture on how I was not qualified for the position. One nurse told me (and I am paraphrasing), "I had x amount of floor nursing experience, and even I struggled, how would you be able to do this?" Then, a question or two was asked about my background, which I explained in detail and which I felt generously highlighted how I have quickly risen to the occasion in the past in a short amount of time with little to no orientation and still done well. I do catch on pretty quick, and have demonstrated this in a current PRN role and two previous full time positions.
I didn't get a great vibe from this interview, and even if they were to offer me a position, I'd turn it down because I can tell this group isn't for me. Would it be wrong to go ahead and email the manager and tell them to withdraw my application? I would not say that it was a bad interview in my withdrawal email. Heck, I wouldn't know what to say, but I'm just not interested in this position anymore. My husband who is not a nurse has told me just to let them reject me but I'd rather not waste anymore of either of our time dragging this out.
As always, thoughts and insight always appreciated.
