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The Meaning Behind Stupid Nursing Interview Questions
Jeff Hindenach | NursingLink
Why It’s Stupid: You’re obviously not privy to your fellow nurses’ inner thoughts and feelings. And even if you do know how they feel, of course you’re going to pad the truth to make yourself sound better. In most cases, the interviewer will never speak to most of your former co-workers in the first place, so what’s the harm in embellishing?
What It Really Means: The interviewer isn’t interested in your little white lies, they’re trying to see how you think others view you. Even if you are stretching the truth, your answer will give the interviewer an idea of how you view yourself and what you believe are your most important attributes. Considering you are discussing what others think about you, it can also be a modesty test, separating nurses who are embarrassed about themselves from those who won’t shut up about how great they are.
What It Really Means: The interviewer isn’t interested in your little white lies, they’re trying to see how you think others view you. Even if you are stretching the truth, your answer will give the interviewer an idea of how you view yourself and what you believe are your most important attributes. Considering you are discussing what others think about you, it can also be a modesty test, separating nurses who are embarrassed about themselves from those who won’t shut up about how great they 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.,
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
neerukp
almost 3 years ago
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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
neerukp
almost 3 years ago
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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
neerukp
almost 3 years ago
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To understand the need for applying job is always essential, to appoint suitable candidates for specific position
neerukp
almost 3 years ago
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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
neerukp
almost 3 years ago
7060 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.
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
elaina1971
almost 3 years ago
6 comments
I have heard many of these questions and even seen them on applications. But I just answer as honest as I can.
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.
neerukp
about 3 years ago
7060 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
neerukp
about 3 years ago
7060 comments
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
neerukp
about 3 years ago
7060 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