Rochester General Hospital Phone Interview

casper1 · Apr 24, 2010

I've worked at Rochester General several years. I'd recommend that you be flexible with scheduling. Convey that you would be willing to work any shifts and you don't mind working Holidays and weekends. Rochester General is very customer service oriented, service, commitment and team work are important and valued in team members. Good Luck!

shuubie · Jun 30, 2010

hi danielle, how did the interview go? i'm interested in rochester general also. would you mind sharing what kind of questions they asked at the interview?

Cj336 · Jul 1, 2010

I applied and went on multiple interviews for RGH. I do know that many positions have been filled, as Rochester has been on a hiring frenzy. However, I also know that many of the floors have multiple travel nurses. And according to the managers and nurses on the floor, by late August early September they are trying to alleviate those nurses and hire their own "team" of permanent nurses.

My initial phone screening with the nurse recruiter was very brief, the usual tell me about yourself. Why are you interested, what areas are you interested that deal. What I do know is, that they really like that you are flexible. I originally said I wanted oncology but am open-minded to other units, and actually interviewed with the Stroke-Rehab Unit.

I think portraying the fact that you are open to other units and helping them with their staffing is great. And on many of the interviews they constantly asked about conflicts and how I would resolve them. And examples from the past of resolutions I created.

Hope this helps!

beckster_01, BSN, RN · Jul 2, 2010

I worked at RGH for two years as a tech! Mostly I worked in the ICU. I loved the job itself but the atmosphere was a little difficult. I then did a nursing internship on the Oncology floor which was a great experience. I was especially impressed with the hospital-wide collaboration between nurses and physicians. On every floor that I worked on, did clinical at, or floated to, the residents and attendings highly respected the nurses input.

I did clinical on the Stroke/Rehab unit and was impressed again with the interdisciplinary work and how much the staff really care for their patients. One thing I would be prepared for in an interview is that when I interviewed for my internship it was a "Behavioral Style" interview, meaning that they provided me with various scenarios and I had to answer with either a situation when I had encountered that scenario or what I would do if it happened. I don't know if that is how they interview GN's, but it might be a good idea to Google it to see what kind of questions would be asked in that kind of interview.

Hope this helps and good luck!