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This profession can take a toll on your emotions. Have you ever let your emotions interfere with your ability to perform your job?
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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.
The interviewer wants to know if you consider yourself to be an emotionally driven person. Talk to the interviewer about your emotions and if they have ever affected your productivity at work. Remember that almost everyone is an emotional creature to some degree, and the interviewer understands this. Being an emotional person shows you have compassion and empathy. But, you do not want it to interfere with your ability to perform your job.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"Everyone is emotional to a certain degree, and I consider myself kind-hearted and open. A healthcare career can be emotional at times. However, I choose to focus on the positives and have never let my emotions interfere with my ability to perform my job. For instance - if we are close to losing a patient, I will focus on the positive memories rather than the illness. This mindset has consistently allowed me to continue with a productive shift no matter the emotions that come my way."
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"This is a great question. We've all had those tough cases. A child dies, a patient yells at you, or you must give someone a cancer diagnosis. I believe it is professional to take a few minutes after an encounter like that and let those emotions come and go. I cope with these emotions by telling myself that it's not my story; it's the patient's story. I think it's okay to be moved by someone else's experience, but I don't need to make it mine. By keeping this mindset, I can keep my emotions from interfering with my ability to perform my job."
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
You want to let the interviewer know that you have emotions, but you keep them to yourself while working to avoid interfering with your job. Describe how you keep your feelings from affecting your productivity.
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