VALOR/VA Step interview questions

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Hey ya'll,

I was selected for an interview at the Palo Alto VA Step program (Formerly VALOR)

I see some articles on here and reddit about VALOR but many of them are several years old and mostly not related to the actual interview questions. I know each VA runs it different but I wanted to ask those of you who participated in VALOR, what questions did they ask you during the interview?

Thank you !!

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I think one of them was:

Tell me about a time when you were on a team, what the goal of the team was, what your role was on the team, and tell us about a difficult team member on this team.

Obviously, my wording is probably way off. Basically two questions in one. I definitely had a story for myself working on a team, and how teamwork was used to reach a goal. Then I had another story about working with a difficult team member. There were about four questions, over zoom, with one other candidate. There were several nurse managers on as well. Very friendly and encouraging.

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elliebear said:

I think one of them was:

Tell me about a time when you were on a team, what the goal of the team was, what your role was on the team, and tell us about a difficult team member on this team.

Obviously, my wording is probably way off. Basically two questions in one. I definitely had a story for myself working on a team, and how teamwork was used to reach a goal. Then I had another story about working with a difficult team member. There were about four questions, over zoom, with one other candidate. There were several nurse managers on as well. Very friendly and encouraging.

Hey thank you for the reply! I had the interview a few weeks ago. They reached out and said they wanted to move forward! Im anxiously waiting now ?

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OMG congrats! Is this for the student nurse job? I applied too. I thought I was moving forward, but haven't heard back after they asked for supplemental info.

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Yeah exactly! Tbh I havent heard about anyone else having a second interview so I think we are good. It's probably just a process for them. Or maybe were in for a rough surprise lmao. 

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LOL! True! I hope we just have to wait a while longer. I was really hoping to get this position! I hear such great things about the VA.

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Someone in my class was just notified that they're starting in just a couple of weeks!

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Oh man... Now Im holding my breath ahaha! Hopefully its just a lag between departments

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Hey, I emailed them and asked what the next steps were. Kristen emailed back and said that HR would reach out within the next few weeks!I think were OK :D

 

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