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The Meaning Behind Stupid Nursing Interview Questions

Jeff Hindenach | NursingLink


1. Can You Tell Me a Little About Yourself?

Why It’s Stupid: The question is entirely too general. There is no way you can cover every facet of your life and personality in the allotted interview time. There is also no way for you to tell what specifically the interviewer wants to know about you without asking them to narrow their focus, which is usually the reason for the follow-up questions.

What It Really Means: The interviewer is testing your all-important ability as a nurse to interact with others. By putting you on the spot, your answer gives the interviewer an idea of how you present yourself in a social setting and a glimpse of what you think the most important facts about yourself are.

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    neerukp

    almost 3 years ago

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    The article is very good one, eye opening for the interviewees.,

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    neerukp

    almost 3 years ago

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    It is sometimes embrassing why one left the present job, eventhough the above explanation is correct., but always it may not work out

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    neerukp

    almost 3 years ago

    6980 comments

    Good to know, "tell your friends, I will tell what you are" saying goes like., by knowing friends one can assess, what one intends to do, their interpersonal relationship, interactional pattern, it is always good to know about friends

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    neerukp

    almost 3 years ago

    6980 comments

    Hobbies will indicate how the person will spend leisure time activities, to assess wholistic nature of an person, it is good to pose item related to Hobbies

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    neerukp

    almost 3 years ago

    6980 comments

    To understand the need for applying job is always essential, to appoint suitable candidates for specific position

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    neerukp

    almost 3 years ago

    6980 comments

    To analyse the short and long term plans of Nurses' will give clear idea, what they are planning quiet ahead is good, one can assess the planning capacity or nature of an individual

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    neerukp

    almost 3 years ago

    6980 comments

    One has to be very careful analyse themselves,introspect themselves before answering this question, tahts' right, to test the honesty, truthfulness, interviewer will test it., its' good, always one should be aware about themselves.

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    neerukp

    almost 3 years ago

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    Yap,its' right, interviewer will be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of interviewee, in a glance the interviewer assessess the interactional skills, and also, one will feel easy toanswer about themselves first than going in depth of all other questions, its' always good to find out what interviewee thinks about themselves

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    elaina1971

    almost 3 years ago

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    I have heard many of these questions and even seen them on applications. But I just answer as honest as I can.

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    cxg174

    almost 3 years ago

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    I have heard these questions many times. The ones I hate are the experience quetions "Tell me about a time when you disagreed with a co-worker and how you handled that" yikes! who can think something like that up quickly? Who really has disagreements with co-workers? We discuss things through, not disagree. The worst interview I ever had was about ten of those type questions and I just wanted to run, not walk far from that employer. I would never want to work there after she grilled me like that. Awful.

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    neerukp

    about 3 years ago

    6980 comments

    oh! Very nice explanation, but I have doubt if we tell honestly the reason for leaving previous job, whether present employer will place the candidate in suitable post based on his educational background, work experience other than the last job., I am not sure., let me read more about this but it is convincing explanation what the article mentioned., good one

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    neerukp

    about 3 years ago

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    yap. right, one can give or share positive spirits in the working environment, maintaing conducive environment to work, where the individual spend majority of active life, one should maintain hormonious relationship with the co professionals to maintain stress free life

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    neerukp

    about 3 years ago

    6980 comments

    Good one !! the interviewer is interested to see the utilization of your leisure time activities, is it qualitative one or productive or skillful and the interviewer wants to know in detail to assess the skills and strengths of an individual for suitable placement in the organization based on skills the interviewee possessing

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