Production Unit Manager

► Can you give some examples of your creativity?

► Who is the most difficult person you've ever worked with and why?

► What type of management style do you work with best?

► Can you describe a time when you had to intervene for a patient, what you did, and why? What was the outcome?

► How would you rate yourself in communicating with patients-and with families?

► Can you describe a situation in which you dealt with a difficult family member?

► How do you motivate patients?

► Can you describe a time you went beyond the call of duty?

► Can you describe a situation in which you thought that you were right and others were wrong-and what you did about it?

► Can you describe a situation in which you were supposed to work with a person you didn't like and how you handled it?

► Have you ever been in a situation in which a co-worker put a patient in jeopardy? If so, what did you do about it?

► What would you do if you were asked to float to a specialty area you weren't familiar with?

► Can you describe a time your work was criticized and how you handled it?

► How do you handle delegation issues with unlicensed assistive personnel?

► How would your co-workers describe you?

► How would you describe your role in a recent code?

► How do you handle stress?

► Have you ever been fired or asked to resign?

► What would a background check on you show?

► Would your previous employer recommend you?

► What would you do if you were caring for an alert patient who suddenly got acutely confused and disoriented?

► What would you do if you found an elderly patient on the floor in his room? How would you document it?

► Have you worked with many foreign nurses? If so, what did you do to help them?

► How would you handle a situation in which you couldn't read a prescriber's orders?

► If you were offered your last job again today, would you take it? If you're returning to nursing after not working in the profession for a while:

► How long has it been since you worked as a nurse?

► What have you been doing since you've been out of nursing?

► How have you prepared to return to nursing?

► Did you take a refresher course? How did it help?

► How have you kept up with changes in the profession? If you're a student applying for your first position:

► What's your most important achievement as a student?

► When do you plan to take your NCLEX? Have you taken a course to prepare for it?

► Where did you get your clinical experience? What units?

► Did your clinical experience include putting in a urinary drainage catheter or starting an intravenous line access? Inserting or removing a nasogastric tube, or caring for a patient with one?

► What was your favorite clinical experience? Least favorite? Why?

► What types of charting systems have you used? What do you like about them? What do you dislike?

► What do you think is a reasonable orientation time?

► Have you worked with an electronic medication administration record? Bar coding?

► What new technology have you used in school, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs)?

► Are you on-line often? What are your favorite sites for reliable health care information?

► Tell me about yourself.

► Why did you become a restaurant/hospitality manager, chef, etc.?

► What do you know about our restaurant/property/company?

► Have you been to any of our restaurants/properties? What did you think? What did you observe while you were there? Did you get a chance to interact with any of our managers or staff? What would you improve or change?

► What do you think sets us apart from our competitors?

► Why do you want to work for our hotel/club/restaurant/property?

► Who else are you interviewing with? How do we compare to them?

► Have you been offered any positions yet?

► What do you think is a chef's/manager's role? What qualities should they possess?

► How would you describe your management style? Your personality?

► What motivates you? How do you motivate others?

► What was the best company you ever worked for? The worst? The best boss you ever had? Your least favorite? Why?

► What are some of your greatest accomplishments?

► Tell me about your cost control abilities? What have you done to help or improve your financial results?

► How would your supervisor/fellow managers/employees describe you?

► Have you ever been involved in confrontation with a guest/employee/supervisor at work? How did you resolve it?

► How would you handle the following situation?….

► What are your career goals? Where do you see yourself in 3/5/10 years?

► What are you looking for in a job?

► What makes you an effective manager/chef?

► What are your strengths? Weakness? What are you doing to improve your weakness?

► What are some of you greatest achievements or successes? What are some of your worst failures?

► Why did you leave your last job? Why do you want to leave your current position?

► What do you like least about being a manager/chef?

► Give me an example when you…..

► What upsets you/tries your patience?

► How long do you think you will stay with our company?

► What makes you the best candidate for this position? What do you think you bring to the table?

► What questions do you have for me?

► Where do you see yourself in 3 years?

► What do you bring to this position? How do you stand out from the other applicants?

► What attracts you to this facility? To this position? What do you hope to get out of the experience?

► How would you describe your ideal job? Your ideal work environment?

► Why are you leaving your current position?

► What did you particularly like about your last position?

► What's your most important professional achievement?

► Who are your career role models and why?

► How do you set priorities in your work?

► Do you have any time-management tricks other nurses could benefit from?

► What are the most important lessons you've learned in your career?

► How much supervision do you want or need?

► What professional organizations do you belong to?

► How have you participated in the professional organizations you belong to?

► What nursing publications do you subscribe to?

► Have you attended any national conferences? If so, how did you benefit from the experience?

► Have you ever done any volunteer work? If so, what was it like?

► How do you keep up with the latest information in your field?

► What are your goals in terms of going back to school, becoming certified, taking on management responsibilities?

► Can you give an example of a time you were a leader?

► Can you give some examples of your problem-solving skills?

► What do you think are the most challenging aspects of meeting patients' needs?

► How do you handle a request you disagree with?

► What happened the last time you put your foot in your mouth?

► What actions would you take in your first month on the job?