Kaiser San Diego New Grad Residency - July 2023 Application Period

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Hi! Yesterday I was randomly looking up new grad programs and saw that Kaiser had applications open for Zion and SDMC! I applied, and today I checked again and it was GONE! Looks like it was only posted for 3 days, July 18-20. For external applicants at least (might be a different process for internal?). Didn't hear anything about it at all. It doesn't say a start date but from the FAQs I assume it's for the September cohort. Wondering if anybody else on here applied! 

Congrats to both of you! I'm hoping to get an interview with any of the Kaiser locations. If you don't mind sharing, what types of questions did they ask you? 

Thanks so much! ?

penny0802 said:

Congrats to both of you! I'm hoping to get an interview with any of the Kaiser locations. If you don't mind sharing, what types of questions did they ask you? 

Thanks so much! ?

There were nine questions total. 3 critical thinking left till the end. They asked the classic tell me about yourself and why you chose nursing. They asked why Kaiser and my strengths and weaknesses (for that one it was kind of two different questions). They asked a few situational questions - I remember one being to share a time I had a difficult patient and to describe the situation/resolution. I don't remember the others! Praying for good luck for you!! 

Hello! I received an offer email from SDMC yesterday evening ??

BIOMAJOR2RN said:

Hello! I received an offer email from SDMC yesterday evening ??

Congrats, that's awesome! I got one too from Zion ?

asommstar said:

Congrats, that's awesome! I got one too from Zion ?

Amazing!! Congratulations to you as well ? do you have an idea if we get a preference for day/night or PT/FT? I forgot to ask when I was interviewed, I felt like it went so fast I had maybe 2 minutes to ask questions at the end because they were running late to another interview LOL

BIOMAJOR2RN said:

Amazing!! Congratulations to you as well ? do you have an idea if we get a preference for day/night or PT/FT? I forgot to ask when I was interviewed, I felt like it went so fast I had maybe 2 minutes to ask questions at the end because they were running late to another interview LOL

I'm not sure if there are different availabilities for the main campus, but they told me they only had full time nights open for Zion.

Hi everyone, 

Anyone know the salary for new grads at Kaiser? TIA!

Hi! Has anyone else heard back from Zion or SDMC? When I interviewed they told me they had to submit their decision to the recruiter by the 14th so to expect a response sometime after that. I know some people already got offers but I haven't gotten a rejection email yet so my fingers are still crossed!

wizardRN said:

Hi everyone, 

Anyone know the salary for new grads at Kaiser? TIA!

I have a friend who got an unofficial offer from San Marcos. They listed ADN $50.584/hr, BSN $53.62/hr with evening differential $2.75 and night differential $4.50!

ALSDRN said:

Hi! Has anyone else heard back from Zion or SDMC? When I interviewed they told me they had to submit their decision to the recruiter by the 14th so to expect a response sometime after that. I know some people already got offers but I haven't gotten a rejection email yet so my fingers are still crossed!

We had our onboarding meeting yesterday and I believe the majority of offers have been sent out. I interviewed 8/8 and was told they needed to make decisions by 8/11 but that soft offers would most likely go out the following week. I would say that you could possibly be considered an alternate if someone decides to decline the offer. Regardless, I wish you the best! It's tough out there getting into a new grad program

ALSDRN said:

Hi! Has anyone else heard back from Zion or SDMC? When I interviewed they told me they had to submit their decision to the recruiter by the 14th so to expect a response sometime after that. I know some people already got offers but I haven't gotten a rejection email yet so my fingers are still crossed!

I interviewed 8/3 and just received an offer yesterday from Zion! Praying for you!! 

KaleRN said:

I interviewed 8/3 and just received an offer yesterday from Zion! Praying for you!! 

Yay, congrats!! Did they call you or did they send you the offer letter?

@ALSDRN I hope you hear something form them soon!! Sending good vibes and fingers crossed for you! ? 

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