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Well, the interviews continue (I'm actually getting good at them, I THINK)
The latest one had me doing the requisite PERSONALITY TEST (hate), and then something i have NOT encountered in nursing interview before:
A TIMED TYPING TEST. I'm not talking about just a small sampling to show you can use the keyboard; I am talking about the exact typing tests I remember from learning to type in the 8th grade. A sample entry (with lots and lots of proper names, geography places etc), that has to be typed accurately and is TIMED> They had a TIMER on the left side of the screen.
This was presented to me in the test about general office software and email software that was after the personality "Test". There was one, and then the second=-to-last question, there was a SECOND , timed test.
What gives? I was not interviewing for Admin. Asst. or other office job.
( I didnt make time on the second test for sure, and I can't remember if I did on test 1)
And in these interviews, they want you to fill out all sorts of disclosures and agree to this and that and give them your SS# for several things, and take these tests , BEFORE you EVER speak to a manager or before you, the potential employee, even decide for yourSELF whether you WANT that job ! IE: before any salary info, benefit info, shift info, etc. Sometimes, I've even had to submit a urine , before I've ever set foot in to a hiring manager's office.
Why?
Hey I attended many interviews in my day (before my last job which was my longest-term job). That was when you: filled out an app (no internet), got a call "Can you come in for an interview?", attended interview WITH the manager or decision-maker, then went home and waited for a call, or not. Perhaps a reject letter would arrive, in the U.S. mail. At some point in the interview you usually would be told the salary. There was no "ask HR about that", or "Oh--you need to ask your hiring manager about that..."
NO PERSONALITY "tests", either!