Job Tips – Nursing Interview Questions
Job Tips
Nursing Interview Questions
- Why did you become a nurse?
- How many years of experience do you have?
- Where did you get your training?
- What certifications do you have?
- How long has it been since you worked in (ER, OR, ICU or particular specialty area)?
- Why did you choose (ER, OR, ICU, LTC, FNP, or other specialty area of nursing)?
- What do you know about our hospital?
- What do you know about our community?
- Why would you like to work for us?
- Describe your perfect job.
- What is most important to you in a job?
- Have you ever been fired or asked to resign?
- What kind of recommendations will you get from previous employers?
- Describe your relationship with your last three managers or administrators.
- What qualities do you admire most in people?
- What kind of managers do you like the most? The least? Why?
- Tell me about a time in which you had to handle an irate physician, co-worker, or patient. How did you handle it and what were the results.
- What are your most important career accomplishments?
- Describe a difficult decision you’ve made and the process you went through to reach that decision.
- What nursing organizations do you belong to?
- What journals do you read?
- How do you stay current in your practice?
- Describe a challenging problem you faced on one of your clinical rotations. How did you solve the problem?
- Give a specific example of a time when you knew you did a good job as a nurse.
- Have you ever been burned out? When? What did you do about it?
- What kind of supervisor makes you angry?
- How would you respond if asked by the head nurse to do some of the menial tasks for patients that are normally not your responsibility?
- What do you do to relax when faced with stressful work situations?
- How would you respond if a doctor in a rude and haughty tone questioned your work, which you knew to be top-notch and absolutely accurate?
- We all have tried different ways of showing consideration for others. What are some things you’ve actually done?
- What are some of the ways that Nursing can become more professional?
- If you were told that the nursing field was closed and you could not be a nurse, what would you do?
- Describe a situation you experienced in the past year, connected with nursing that made you angry.
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