With the desperate demand for nurses in the
marketplace, you might think that a nursing job
interview would be a piece of cake. You might imagine
that you might just walk in, show your nursing
certificate, verify that you are in deed a registered
nurse and take whatever job you desire. And though it
is true that nursing talent is very heavily
sought-after and recruited in the marketplace, there
are still some nursing jobs that are easier to get
than others. Just like in every other field, there are
more and less attractive positions. For the positions
that offer a more attractive combination of pay,
hours, duties and other benefits there will naturally
be more competition than for the positions that offer
a less attractive combination.
If you are invited to come to a nursing job interview
for one of these more attractive jobs, it will be to
your advantage to prepare for it in advance. Luckily
for you, this is a relatively quick and easy process,
especially for someone with an in demand skill set.
What you want to do before your nursing job interview
is to discover all that you can about the target job,
anticipate the requirements of the job, predict the
questions you will be asked, formulate convincing
answers for those questions and practice those
questions. Got all that? Don’t worry, you can take it
step by step. The first step is to learn everything
you can about the job, beginning with the day-to-day
duties. This information can be discovered by seeing
the job description, but any other information that
you can get, especially from people with personal
experience in the job will be helpful.
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This research should give you a clear idea of what the
interviewer will be looking for in the nursing job
interview. Create a list of the top ten or fifteen
elements that the interviewer will look for, including
experience, training, achievements, and personal
characteristics. You can bet that the interviewer will
ask you questions designed to elicit information about
whether or not you have these elements. To convince
him or her that you do, your strategy should be to use
your experience, training and life history to create
convincing stories that demonstrate all of these
elements to the interviewer.
When you have some stories, with situations, actions
and results that demonstrate the target elements, it’s
time to practice. Get a friend to ask you those
questions and practice responding in a natural and
unforced way that leads to the stories you have
developed. Don’t feel bad if it takes a while to get
comfortable. Though it may feel a bit strange to
launch into these stories, after you have done it a
few times you will get the hang of it, and see how
much more convincing these types of answers are than
simple yes and no responses. After a couple of
practice session, you should be able to go into any
job interview with complete confidence in your ability
to handle any question that interviewer throws at you.
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