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1. Tell me about yourself: 2. Do you prefer working with a team or alone? Explain your reasons: 3. Do you find the field of medicine difficult? Why or why not? 4. Are you interested in advancing your career someday? If so, in what area(s)? 5. Are you a self-motivated person? If so, explain: 6. How would you handle a situation when your replacement doesn’t show up for their shift? 7. What is the most rewarding aspect for being a registered nurse? 8. How would you handle patients who constantly complain or are on their call lights continuously? 9. What do you think is your biggest contribution to your patients? 10. How do you handle patients’ family members who are unhappy with your services/care? 11. How would you handle a rude physician, nurse manager, or co- worker? 12. How do you deal with the stressors of your job? 13. What made you decide to become an RN? 14. How are you affiliated with any professional nursing organizations? 15. How has your nursing program prepared you for your career as an RN? 16. What do you do to keep current with the latest nursing practices and findings? 17. What do you think are the most important skills a nurse can have? 18. Explain an experience you’ve had during your nursing program where you had to make an important decision and what were the results? 19. Describe an incident where you had to deal with a difficult decision during your nursing program. 20. Why should we hire you? 21. Why are you the best candidate for this position? 22. If we were to ask your co-workers or nursing instructors, how would they describe your work habits? 23. Describe a time when you went above and beyond the requirements of your job duties? 24. What is one area in your field of study during nursing program that you felt was exceptional? Weakest? Explain: 25. Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?

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1. Tell me about yourself:2. Do you prefer working with a team or alone? Explain your reasons:3. Do you find the field of medicine difficult? Why or why not?4. Are you interested in advancing your career someday? If so, in what area(s)?5. Are you a self-motivated person? If so, explain:6. How would you handle a situation when your replacement doesnt show up for their shift?7. What is the most rewarding aspect for being a registered nurse?8. How would you handle patients who constantly complain or are on their call lights continuously?9. What do you think is your biggest contribution to your patients?10. How do you handle patients family members who are unhappy with your services/care?11. How would you handle a rude physician, nurse manager, or co-worker?12. How do you deal with the stressors of your job?13. What made you decide to become an RN?14. How are you affiliated with any professional nursing organizations?15. How has your nursing program prepared you for your career as an RN?16. What do you do to keep current with the latest nursing practices and findings?17. What do you think are the most important skills a nurse can have?18. Explain an experience youve had during your nursing program where you had to make an important decision and what were the results?19. Describe an incident where you had to deal with a difficult decision during your nursing program.20. Why should we hire you?21. Why are you the best candidate for this position?22. If we were to ask your co-workers or nursing instructors, how would they describe your work habits?23. Describe a time when you went above and beyond the requirements of your job duties?24. What is one area in your field of study during nursing program that you felt was exceptional? Weakest? Explain:25. Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?26. What is one skill you would like to be better at and why?27. Why do you want to work for our company?28. Describe a time where you were involved in an emergency situation and how do you think you handled it?29. What is your greatest failure and how did you learn from it?30. What motivates you?