Interview advice

[Paul Stanton]

I just finished up my first year of practice, second year in patient care, and I'm looking to transfer to an emergency department. I'm currently working on a med/surg floor, but I did my externship/PCT work in an ED and that's what I want to practice. The trouble is that I've applied to a few places, gotten some interviews, and they keep saying "get some more experience" or "why don't you work in an ICU?", neither of which make sense to me because EDs take new grads, and why would you want someone to take their second choice of assignment?

So basically, I'm trying to figure out how I should present myself in a way that doesn't put interviewers off. What sort of qualities should I communicate, and what sort of experience should I highlight in order to show that I'm a good fit?

If anyone has any advice, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[offlabel]

If you won't take the interviewers advice to 'get more experience' why would you take someone's advice on this forum? Sounds like you need more experience and ignoring what you're being told while figuring out how to circumvent that judgement seems self defeating.