Interview at Swedish?

bwell!! · Jun 19, 2011

itri4vt.....

I have a phone interview coming up on monday.....can you give me some ideas of what kind of questions they ask?

any help is greatly appreciated

itri4vt · Jun 20, 2011

I have one too. Here's a post from my last phone interview: https://allnurses.com/graduate-nurse-forum/phone-interview-scheduled-561801.html

Good luck! Try hard to sound confident, it will show in your voice. Smile and be happy - you have an interview! Smiling definitely shows in your voice.

I♥Dexter · Jun 22, 2011

itri4vt- so it sounds like you have another phone interview with Swedish? If so, I hope it goes well. Swedish is my dream hospital to work at. Good luck to you, and let us know how it goes!!

itri4vt · Jun 22, 2011

The phone interview went well! I have an in-person interview next week. Not the ER dream job - it's actually just a residency for 12 weeks that would make me qualified to apply for Staff RN positions there. It's still 100x better than the home health I'm doing right now.

I♥Dexter · Jun 22, 2011

The phone interview went well! I have an in-person interview next week. Not the ER dream job - it's actually just a residency for 12 weeks that would make me qualified to apply for Staff RN positions there. It's still 100x better than the home health I'm doing right now.

Wow! A residency for 12 weeks? That's interesting... is it for a particular unit or is it a general float pool sorta deal? Either way, it sounds like a neat opportunity. Good luck!! :)

itri4vt · Jun 22, 2011

It is for different med/surg units... it is a big cohort of like 34 new grads, so they all do different shifts, every other weekend, and she said they'll try to make them "floatable" to other units so they'll get a taste of other units as well. I went in to talk to the manager I interviewed with for the other position and he said all the managers at Swedish were told to not make any resident positions until October. And at that time it will be another big residency like this one thats starting in July, with no guaranteed job afterwards.

So definitely still be on the lookout for the straggler Resident position but don't be expecting much to be posted until August or so.

Kind of a bummer, I know.

BonnieSc · Jun 23, 2011

Interesting. Do you get paid a usual nurse's salary for this? I wonder what the orientation period consists of if you get hired after the residency is over.

I'm looking for experienced-nurse positions at Swedish and not seeing much...

itri4vt · Jun 23, 2011

Wendy, the residency is paid at the normal starting pay for a nurse. If the nurse going through the residency is hired into the unit s/he did the residency in, then I'm sure the orientation is shorter. However, after the residency, those nurses can apply to any unit, but would of course need an orientation.

Do you have a year or greater of hospital experience? There are lots of jobs available at Swedish, which unit do you have experience in? I've set up a job agent to email me every time new jobs are posted, and I get an email probably 4 times a week. Also, Swedish in Edmonds is a different system for jobs, so be sure to search through their separate system if you want a job there.

CCL RN, RN · Jun 24, 2011

I'm looking for experienced-nurse positions at Swedish and not seeing much...

You're not looking very hard then. Swedish has tons of nursing positions...

I♥Dexter · Jun 28, 2011

itri4vt- well, how did the face-to-face interview go? did you get the job?!

itri4vt · Jun 28, 2011

Interview is tomorrow... send me good thoughts!! The manager I interviewed with last time put in a good word for me through an email to the manager I'm interviewing with tomorrow... that was really nice of him. Hopefully that helps.

I♥Dexter · Jun 28, 2011

I'm definitely sending good thoughts your way!! And a 'good word' from another manager sounds very promising to me! Good luck!!