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Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN · Jun 8, 2013

"Behavioral questions" sounds like a pretty broad category and I'm not sure exactly what you mean. You have been "behaving" since birth, though. Even without nursing experience, you'll be able to answer, "Tell me about a time when..." type of questions. Good luck and happy interviewing :)

MLB4 · Jun 8, 2013

Before your interview, think of some memorable clinical experiences/patients with ______ diagnosis/etc.. Prep for the behavioral questions (you can find so many on here or google)! If asked a question where you haven't had the experience.. It is ok to say you have never had the experience, but you would do ________ if presented with ________.

Here's a couple questions I was recently asked at an interview (New Grad):

Tell me about yourself.

What challenges do you perceive facing as a new grad on _______ unit, and what do you plan to do to over come them?

How do you plan handling the stress of ________ unit?

How would you rate your communication skills? 0-10 scale and why?

How would you rate your technical skills? 0-10 scale and why?

Tell me about your capstone experience.

What do you perceive as your strengths? Weaknesses?

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

There were definitely more questions, but that's all I can think of at this time. Make sure you have questions to ask your interviewer.

Best of luck!

GotDrumer · Jun 8, 2013

Before your interview, think of some memorable clinical experiences/patients with ______ diagnosis/etc.. Prep for the behavioral questions (you can find so many on here or google)! If asked a question where you haven't had the experience.. It is ok to say you have never had the experience, but you would do ________ if presented with ________.
Here's a couple questions I was recently asked at an interview (New Grad):
Tell me about yourself.
What challenges do you perceive facing as a new grad on _______ unit, and what do you plan to do to over come them?
How do you plan handling the stress of ________ unit?
How would you rate your communication skills? 0-10 scale and why?
How would you rate your technical skills? 0-10 scale and why?
Tell me about your capstone experience.
What do you perceive as your strengths? Weaknesses?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
There were definitely more questions, but that's all I can think of at this time. Make sure you have questions to ask your interviewer.
Best of luck!

Thank you so much!! I'm not a good at answering questions and this is very helpful! Thank you both! (:

kabu · Jun 10, 2013

As you may already know, it can help to practice answering some of these questions with a friend or out load to yourself prior to interview. As you read the questions above, you might right away have confidence on how you would answer some of them; however, sometimes it can be different when saying it out load and especially for the first time.