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Nursing job interviews can be nerve-wracking. You might be nervous about your lack of experience in the specialty, answering questions on the fly, or dislike talking to people in an intense environment. No matter your anxieties about sitting across from a hiring manager and other interviewers, we have the information you need to make a great first impression. New grads, LPNs, registered nurses (RNs), and nurse practitioners (NPs) alike can use these nursing job interview questions and sample answers to prepare during the job search. Change the example answers to fit within your nursing experiences and scope of practice, and you've got the start of a great response to some of the most common nursing job interview questions. Nursing Interview Success and 5 General TipsHaving a successful nursing interview takes practice and planning. While it's important to consider what types of questions the interviewer will ask and the sample answers you'll provide, preparation is critical. Below are some nursing interview tips you can use so you'll be ready for the big day and can begin living your career goals now. #1 Practice Your Interview AnswersNo two interviews are alike. Interviewers use different questions, making it a little challenging to practice. However, there are a few questions that most interviewers ask that you can practice your answer to so that you'll feel confident when asked. A few of these questions include: Tell me about yourself. Where do you see yourself in five/ten years? Why are you interested in this role with this company? #2 Use the STAR MethodThe STAR method is an excellent strategy you can use anytime you're asked to provide real-life examples of how you handled a specific situation. You can do this by remembering the acronym STAR and laying out each detail following the prompts below: S - Situation Describe the situation. T - Task Explain the task or challenge you faced. A - Action Explain your action and why you chose it. R - Result Talk about the outcome you achieved. #3 Review the Job DescriptionRead the job description just before you go to the interview. This will help you keep key responsibilities on your mind when answering questions. #4 Bring Your Best Attitude and Biggest SmileHow you treat others is the first sign of the type of team player you'll be on the new team. Always smile and speak respectfully to the receptionist and other staff you encounter. The nurse manager may return to anyone you interacted with and ask how they felt about you. So, treating others with respect and kindness is essential. #5 Be YourselfSome of the best career advice anyone can give is to always be yourself. Acting with authenticity, genuineness, and positivity helps the interviewer to see the real you and imagine how you might fit into the team culture. -
Guest posted a topic in Career Advice ColumnDear Caught Off Guard, It really depends. If a manager is looking for a nurse with equivalent experience to jump right in with minimal orientation, they may ask about particular drugs, drips and device management. For example, a manager interviewing an ICU traveler may want to make sure they’ve had recent and like experience. In your case, you are a Stepdown nurse and it’s expected that Stepdown has a different level of intensity and interventions than ICU. The questions sound more like quizzing than interviewing. You are right, you should expect to talk about your skills and experience and be evaluated for a good fit for the unit. A good response would be “While those drips were not administered in Stepdown, I prioritize patient safety above all else. I always make sure I’m familiar with drugs and side effects before I administer them. I look forward to learning new skills and advancing my practice.” I would say that either the manager was evaluating you for your learning needs, or perhaps was just an inexperienced interviewer. Sometimes new nurse managers, having just come from the bedside, focus overly much on clinical tasks and skills, because it’s all they know until they gain experience. Managing a patient on an Amiodarone drip can easily be taught. Aptitude and teachability, not so much. -
I will be graduating with my ADN in May 2020. I’ve begun the job application and interview process. For background I’m in the triangle area of NC so I’ve been applying to mostly Duke, UNC, and Rex and some at WakeMed. I have an interview at Duke today with a cardiology step down unit and one next week at UNC with an acute care pediatric unit. Pediatrics is where I REALLY want to be. I’ve worked on the peds floor, PICU and peds ED and I know it’s where my heart is. I currently work at UNC and I’m close with one of the supervisors on the floor I’m interviewing for there and it feels like they will offer me the job (she’s said she’s really advocating for me), then again I don’t want to assume that because I thought I would be offered a job in the ED I work in now and they didn’t, stating it was because I was an ADN and not BSN. I’ve essentially been told they have to fight HR for it if they want to hire an ADN. I don’t want to accept an offer at Duke only to back out a week later (definitely don’t want to be blacklisted) but I also don’t want to decline the job and then not get the peds job. Does anyone have any advice here? Would I really get blacklisted if I accepting a job and then changed my mind within a week or two if I’m wouldn’t be starting until July or August?
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Hi everyone! I'm a very recent new grad (just passed NCLEX this past Tuesday!) and was just offered an interview for an ICU position at a smaller hospital on Wednesday. Is there anything specific I should know heading into the interview? Any specific medications or procedures? Anything that can help me stand out above other applicants? I feel pretty decent in regard to my resume - I have my BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS, and have completed an externship in the ICU last Summer. I also currently work as a CNA, an Acute Care RN Extender, and Nurse Extern at three different hospitals (I took up the last two positions in an effort to help with the COVID-19 surge). I'm super nervous! Thank you in advance!
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Hello all! I landed another interview with an LDRP training program in my area more up north where it'll bee cooler. Anyways, they want to do an interview followed by shadowing a nurse for a couple hours. I offered to bring my own scrubs but she reassured me that I could use a pair of theirs. What should I expect? Are there any specific questions I should ask? Should I prepare for any questions? My previous preparations never landed me the position. I'm worried I'm going to get in the way given that labor is unpredictable! I'm so nervous because this is my dream area and I don't want to mess it up! She seemed super excited to have me do this so she could "see how I am and I can see how the unit is." But the last time I shadowed was before nursing school 8 years ago! Thanks in advance. xP
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I have just graduated from nursing school and so far I have been called for 6 interviews and failed all of them. I get really nervous and it shows on the way that I give my answer. I am getting very discouraged because the more negative responses I get the more nervous I get, vicious cycle I know but I cant help it.
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Hello, I’ve been away for a while, but I wanted to share a humiliating experience to see if anyone else has had something similar happen. For the past 3.5 years I’ve been working as a CM in an outpatient setting. Got my CCM in September so I wanted to start looking at new career possibilities. I’ve had 3 interviews this past week for a position in case management/utilization review. Normally, when I interview, I get a lot of fluff questions and situational questions. Those I am use to. However, I interviewed for an insurance company yesterday and holy hell I thought I was on a game of jeopardy. Here is an example: what does MRI stand for and what is it? What does CT stand for? What’s the difference? What is a carotid endarterectomy and who performs it? What is a CABG? What is hepatic encephalopathy? What the eff?! I was so flustered and totally unprepared that I literally could not think of what an MRI stands for! I said medical resonance imaging! ?♀️ I couldn’t think of what encephalopathy was! So I guess my question is, is this typical for an insurance company to ask these types of questions? I kind of get why they did, but damn! Anyways, thanks for reading my rant!
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I am a new grad and due to my persistence and contact (classmate recently hired after doing her practicum on this unit), I have an interview in my dream unit in my dream hospital for an L&D position. I need all the advice possible to note screw this up. I recently got a job offer I have to turn down for this. I am an internal employee and I know how hard it is to get L&D as a new grad so any tips for my interview are greatly appreciated. (My background: I have a previous B.S. in pre med psych and just earned my ASN plus start my RN to BSN next month, I have been a nurse tech for a year at the same employer but a different hospital)
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I've been an ED nurse for 10 years and am stepping out of my comfort zone and applied for an OR gig. I have an interview and all of a sudden am feeling very nervous! I have just a few questions: 1. How long did it take you to feel like you knew what you were doing? 2. How often do you code a patient? And how does that work exactly in a sterile environment? 3. Who exactly is in the room with you during the surgery? 4. What equipment will you be expected to operate? 5. Do you always feel like you have no idea what the surgeon is actually doing? 6. Despite my ED experience, but personality is very laid back and I dislike confrontation. Do you think thats a suitable personality for an OR?
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Hey, so I have a shadow/interview at my dream job at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta -Scottish Rite in their PICU coming up and am looking for any and all tips. I have a small notebook I am going to bring and I’m going to try to come up with questions between now and the interview and while shadowing. Basically, I’ll arrive in time for morning huddle, shadow for 4 hours and then have my interview. They told me during the phone conversation to wear scrubs but in the email I got it said to wear scrubs but bring a business professional outfit to change into. I know CHOA is highly competitive. This is essentially my third time applying. The first time for their residency, I didn’t make it past the digital interview, the second time a recruiter reached out to me and we talked for a bit but I never heard back, this third time I submitted the application, got an email to talk on the phone, then got another phone call to come in and shadow/interview all within a week so it’s gone fast and this is the furthest I’ve gotten so I’m excited but still trying not to get my hopes up. I do have almost 2 years NICU experience now when applying so maybe that’s playing a big factor. All I know is I want this job SO BAD! My current job is a “nurses eat their young” NICU and even having almost two years experience, I am bullied and picked on, and ridiculed daily. So if you have any tips that can get me away from this crazy place please let me know
