I'm just, disgusted........whatever.

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Specializes in M/S, Travel Nursing, Pulmonary.

Eh, I dont even know what to say.

I had an interview today. Was going to get into the ICU, and my wife said as long as I apply myself and stick to it, we can continue to live in WA (the sweetest icing on the cake you can imagine, at least to me).

Did everything right. Iron dress shirt, tie pre tied, nice resume to take with me. Couldnt sleep the night before the interview. Stayed up ALL NIGHT. WHY? IDK.

So, I was tired in the interview and just not myself. I didnt do poorly, but I didnt wow them either. I think I needed to wow them in order to get into the ICU and get out of M/S. I had an answer to everything, and they were good, but I'm a great interviewer and I didnt........you know.......wow them. At one point, the fact that I am a travel nurse and my wife comes along with me came up. They put 2 and 2 together, realized she is a nurse too. Wanted to know if she planned on applying. I informed them she may remain in travel nursing, get jobs in the area so we can take advantage of the free housing until we find something more permanent. They got.......a little disturbed about that. So, I didnt add to the response. Then, when it came time for me to ask questions, I couldnt think of any. They had already answered everything I had to ask. Just sat there like a moron........:bugeyes:"No, thank your for your time" is all I could say. Yeah, shows I'm really interested in the position.

Pffft, whatever. Its outa my control now.

I know this is small fries for a lot of people and I sound ungratefull, I'm lucky to be working. Just......thought I was going to take a big step forward and ended up falling down like an ass instead.

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so we can take advantage of the free housing until we find something more permanent
. :doh: (jk)

I hope you get the job... the way you are feeling is the way I always feel when i come out of interviews... it's hard to do well on them when you have failed "reading minds 101" lol..

Good luck...

Vivi

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Just an FYI, if you read up about the facility beforehand there tends to be something that sticks out that you can ask about (even if you already know the answer). Either way it shows your interested and you did your homework.

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Specializes in pedi, pedi psych,dd, school ,home health.

sorry it didnt go as well as expected. lack of sleep does that to me too! sending postive thoughts your way!!

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Specializes in NICU, Post-partum.

It's amazing how much information a skilled interviewer can get out of someone...information that has nothing to do with the application or the position.

And what the OP experienced, was one of them.

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Part of the problem might be the fact that discusted is spelled wrong...

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Specializes in Travel.

Relax, Erik, you never make as big an ass of yourself as you think you do.

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Specializes in mental health; hangover remedies.
Part of the problem might be the fact that discusted is spelled wrong...

Gotta love the pedants.

I interviewed for a job last year after night shift. I didn't swap the shifts as I should have - but arranged for a 2pm interview thinking I'd get some sleep before hand.

I didn't.

Consequently when I went for the interview (which was interrupted twice - no help) I was pretty much rambling - in fact I was more interested in my coffee than the answers.

The job was for a Community Forensic Nurse - monitoring and managing mentally disordered offenders in the community. The job is fairly high profile because they're the ones that the media pick up on all the time and embarrass the health service and government with sensationalist reporting.

So when asked "What would be the performance indicators I might used to measure my effectiveness in the job?"

I replied: "Reduced column inches"

I don't think they were sold on the idea.

(Even tho ultimately that's a main aim of the job - it's one of those things you think but don't say....!)

I too was pretty discusted with myself eriksoln :D

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Part of the problem might be the fact that discusted is spelled wrong...

I'd think if you were going to be petty enough to point out a spelling error, that YOU would spell the word correctly.

I believe your sentence should read "Part of the problem might be the fact that disgusted is spelled wrong" or even this..part of the problem might be the fact that you spelled disgusted as dicusted.

Pot....meet kettle

And OP, I'm sure you didn't do as badly as you think. Don't beat yourself up too much, it happens to all of us.

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Specializes in Telemetry & Obs.

No need to beat yourself up, Erik....let the posters here do it for you ;)

Better luck next time, sweetie....and maybe you should let melatonin be your friend??

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OK, now think damage control. How about a thank you note to the interviewer for their time, mention you are sincerely interested in the position.

Discuss with the wife other options.

If you see other positions you may be interested in, apply. Doing an interview is just like learning any other skill, the more you do, the better you are.

I hope you get whatever you want. Blessings.

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Specializes in Telemetry & Obs.
OK, now think damage control. How about a thank you note to the interviewer for their time, mention you are sincerely interested in the position.

Discuss with the wife other options.

If you see other positions you may be interested in, apply. Doing an interview is just like learning any other skill, the more you do, the better you are.

I hope you get whatever you want. Blessings.

Great advice!! :)

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