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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
As with other questions sent your way during your time interviewing with Saint Vincent Hospital, your interviewer is looking to gauge your fit with their company culture. In asking if there is any type of environment you dislike working in, they're ideally gauging your fit with their culture and your ultimate long-term commitment to the organization.

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"I can be productive in most work environments, so long as the mentality is positive and teamwork is encouraged. I found early in my career that I cannot work in an environment that feels negative or toxic."

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"I consider myself very flexible to work environments as I feel like I've seen it all during my career. The one environment that would truly be a turn-off for me would be one that is unsafe to staff and patients alike. I'm fortunate to say that I have never been a part of a situation like this, but have heard horror stories from other colleagues about times that they have."

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Be sure to know the type of situation offered at Saint Vincent Hospital before your interview. If you aren't completely clear on the workplace environment or culture after your research of the hospital, you can kindly ask the interviewer to expand on the work environment for you. A great way to answer this is to talk about an environment you may have been a part of in the past that is the opposite of what you expect to find on the job at Saint Vincent Hospital.

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From completing some IPPE and APPE rotations at your location, I learned a lot about your high-achieving and innovative culture. I applied to this position because I believe I will excel in your work environment. I am not looking to fill a position; I am looking for a career. I am confident in my ability to work within a team or on my own as your company encourages both solo and group efforts; I believe this is the perfect environment for me.

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Rather than start with "I am not looking to fill a position...", I suggest a statement that is more positive-sounding from the beginning. I understand what you are looking to achieve with this answer; however, it feels indirect. The interviewer wants to know if there is a particular type of environment that you find challenging, but it seems you jump into selling yourself for this position.
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