What is Talent Plus or Top Talent?

MedSurgeMess · Nov 20, 2009

try googling them for more information. I've never been involved with this process, but perhaps looking it up would be helpful

MaddieRN · Nov 20, 2009

Thank you for your quick reply MedSurgeMess, I appreciate it. I started out by searching on google and found websites but they were geared toward the interviewers, purchasing the product, etc. I then decided to post my questions because I am interested in personal experiences from those who have been interviewed using this process, or from interviewers who use this type of approach. It looks like this is becoming a more popular way to interview applicants. Although there are some wonderful posts about this subject here on this forum I am eager to learn more. I have never experienced a behavioral interview personally but may in the near future! :specs:

traumarns · Dec 3, 2009

i loved the question "are you a clean person"

i answered, "yes, that is why i hire somebody to come to my home once a week and clean up after me"

some of the questions i just giggled through, by the end of the process, my interviewer was giggling too.

dont be nervous about it, the questions are pretty harmless its not a "test" per se.

BBRUSS · Dec 3, 2009

If you are interviewing, I would just encourage you to be completely yourself. We are looking for your natural, spontaneous responses. The last reply is correct - it is not a test, but an analysis to gain a greater understanding of your talents.

Thanks!

Beth

bostongirl86 · Jan 25, 2010

Does Talent Plus ask behavioral questions about previous nursing experience? Or is it more along the lines of "Are you a clean person?" I have an interview coming up, but I have no idea how to prepare for it! Please help!

BBRUSS · Jan 26, 2010

Hi BostonGirl86,

To answer your question, Talent Plus' interview questions are designed to understand your natural talents through behavior-based interviewing. Our interviews are structured (over the phone or online, depending on which interview the company you are applying to is utilizing) where the interviewer is talking 20% of the time and the interviewee (you) is talking 80% of the time. As I mentioned in the above post, we are looking for your spontaneous responses, so just be yourself! The types of questions we are asking are questions which have been selected by our research team after a long, rigorous process of creating the interview and determining the most statistically significant questions which came out of the research study. Each of our interviews is based on the talents (or themes) we know to be important in particular positions across industries. We believe the questions within our interview to be very thought-provoking, however, don't be surprised if you hear a question that seems "silly" as someone mentioned above - there is a reason behind every question we ask.

I hope this helps! Please let us know if you have other questions. Unfortunately, I cannot give away what our questions are in our interviews as that would be like giving away our secet sauce :) but I know you will enjoy the interview process and probably discover a lot about yourself through it.

Thanks!

Beth

jerryvn01 · Jul 21, 2010

Hi BostonGirl86,
To answer your question, Talent Plus' interview questions are designed to understand your natural talents through behavior-based interviewing. Our interviews are structured (over the phone or online, depending on which interview the company you are applying to is utilizing) where the interviewer is talking 20% of the time and the interviewee (you) is talking 80% of the time. As I mentioned in the above post, we are looking for your spontaneous responses, so just be yourself! The types of questions we are asking are questions which have been selected by our research team after a long, rigorous process of creating the interview and determining the most statistically significant questions which came out of the research study. Each of our interviews is based on the talents (or themes) we know to be important in particular positions across industries. We believe the questions within our interview to be very thought-provoking, however, don't be surprised if you hear a question that seems "silly" as someone mentioned above - there is a reason behind every question we ask.
I hope this helps! Please let us know if you have other questions. Unfortunately, I cannot give away what our questions are in our interviews as that would be like giving away our secet sauce :) but I know you will enjoy the interview process and probably discover a lot about yourself through it.
Thanks!
Beth

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jerryvn01 · Jul 31, 2010

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ginty777 · Oct 5, 2010

Talent Plus is damaging our hospital where I work at. Let me give you a couple of examples. I work at a large university teaching hospital where we have a very competitive nursing school. One of our very own nursing students that was at the very top of her class wanted to get a job at her alma mater. She took the talent plus questionnaire and she failed it. Since she failed it she can never get a job at our university hospital again. So essentially the hospital turned away a nurse that went to school there, did clinicals there, and was at the top of her graduating class! For nurses who already have a job in the hospital and want to move up they also have to take the talent plus. If THEY fail, they will NEVER be able to move up the ladder, EVER! Case in point: I work in the Trauma/Surgical Intensive Care Unit and there is a nurse on our shift that wanted the supervisor position. During her yearly evaluation, all her scores were "role model" right down the line. She is a superb nurse and extremely smart. We all unanimously wanted her to be our supervisor and even our manager wanted her to be a supervisor. Well, she took the talent plus and failed. Now she will NEVER be able to move up the ladder again. Since this is the case, she is leaving our hospital in a few months to find another place to work because she feels like if she can't move up then it is not worth working there anymore. So essentially we are loosing a nurse that ANY hospital would just bend over backwards to have.

In my opinion, I would rather have someone who has excellent clinical skills rather than an excellent personality because a personality can't pump on a chest and save someone's life.

CC04 · Jan 27, 2011

I have read numerous posts of people failing this type of interview style. Can anyone elaborate on how you would fail this? Is it reasonable to say that if you are asked a "silly" question and they are looking for "natural" responses, are folks dinged for laughing or adding extra information into the question besides just a simple answer, such as yes/no?

Should the interviewee be very specific or more general to these questions? Less or more talkative?

Thanks!

RN200 · Apr 30, 2011

I am so curious if this post comes from someone at my hospital, where we are fighting to change the exclusionary way the Talent Plus interview process is being utilized. If not, it is interesting to hear that the process is not being received well in other institutions, and perhaps this unfortunate coincidence could help support our cause. At our hospital, we have RNs talking about leaving who haven't even had to take the interview, but simply based on the fact that they don't want to work for an employer who would disrespect their employees and be unsupportive of their career development.