Need quick advice re job interview!

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I had an interview it went very well. They invited me back to shadow tomorrow to get a feel for how busy the clinic is, and a second interview with the director on Thursday. Problem is the weather is bad, icy snowy roads in a part of the country where they dont plow or treat the roads for snow. The news is saying stay off the highways. The icy rain is now freezing and the roads will be very bad in the am. Everything is closed today, and a lot of things are closed tomorrow. People here just arent used to or prepared for this weather. I would need to leave around 6am to get there on time. They wont open or get my message until after 7 at the earliest.

I called the clinic, no answer all day I think they were closed but cant find an announcement anywhere. Here is my dilemma. Common sense tells me I should not try to attempt the drive on the icy roads in the am, the clinic may be closed again and even if I get there on time, it prob wont be busy or have much to shadow or see. But if I wait to talk to them and they want me to come, it will be too late to get there on time.

It is normally a 1 hour drive, I would need to leave a LOT more time than that due to road conditions. As a nurse I know I need to get there in bad weather. Showing up would prove I am dependable. But it defies common sense to drive on dangerous roads to shadow. I am from the North so I have driven in snow many times. I am willing to do it, I just dont want to get all the way there for nothing if they are closed or have no patients.

What would you do? Go or wait for the call and hope they want to reschedule?

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GO!!!, wake up really early and go! Bring a note card and tape with you in case they don't open. You can pop it under the door or tape it on the door, saying you came and missed them.... This will make you look good, and suggest that you really want the job, at least, till you do shadow and find out you hate them (just kidding, LOL).

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The Ball is in your court. Whether you want to drop it is your issue. If you don't care if you get the job then don't go. If you want the job hell or high water then go. If you have some "grey area" between those two extremes. I can't help you. Guys only see things in black and white.

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My clothes are ironed and ready, car is full of gas & cleared of snow! Guess I'm hitting the road in the am. Wish me luck! I actually worked through the storm at my current job, the ride home was bad but I made it.

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They will probably be short on staff, this will be a good time for u to shine for them.

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Be careful. I hope it ends up being a "keeper" job too! :)

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Go! I went in to a scheduled job interview on one of our snow days (same situation, in an area that never snows) and one of my interviewers didn't show up so they let me have another interview on a different unit and that ended up being the job i got!

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So funny to compare the advice I have gotten from nurses vs non nurses. Haha all my nurse friends ssay GO and my non nurse friends say no way. lol.

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Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

Have you checked the web for weather closings. I'm in SC and our TV stations keep a running report of offices, schools etc. closings and delays. I'd hate for you to go in and some "southerner" cause you to have an accident. If it's a clinic perhaps it's listed. I can see a 24/7 facility being open.

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Have you checked the web for weather closings. I'm in SC and our TV stations keep a running report of offices, schools etc. closings and delays. I'd hate for you to go in and some "southerner" cause you to have an accident. If it's a clinic perhaps it's listed. I can see a 24/7 facility being open.

I would never blame anything on a southerner. Driving in snow and ice is scary, and if you have never done it before and lack experience it could be bad bad bad. The roads here arent treated or plowed, so the conditions are not the same as up north where they are prepared for this kind of weather and they salt, sand, and plow. I think I can make it but well, it is a risk.

The clinic is usually open 8-4, appointments mostly.

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I had the same dilemma about a month ago. I left early and ended up sliding off the highway and slamming into a guardrail. I called to say I would be late and why. Once I got there I thought the interview went well. And haven't heard from the manager either way. It obviously didn't convey to them how serious I was about the position.

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Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

I was being facetious about the "southerner thing." I've lived here all my life and I know we don't have ice and snow driving skills.

I've driven in through hurricanes, spent 24 hr shifts in snowstorms, watched the sky turn green from a tronado while holding onto a fence to get into the hospital and I too live an hour away.

I just meant perhaps one of the stations carries closings. If they are closed, you could leave a message with the answering service that you understand they are closed and will be calling to reschedule.

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