Behavioral Nursing Mock Interview
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Question 32 of 35
Describe a time you set a goal for yourself and achieved it. What did you do to ensure that you met your goal?
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Dianne Barnard is a Registered Nurse and former nursing instructor. She is also board certified in Psychiatric Nursing and Holistic Nursing Critical Care.
Nurse interviewers like candidates who set goals and accomplish them. The rationale for asking this question is to gain insight into how the candidate's mind works when problem solving. This is a great time to showcase your problem solving skills. For example, if you lost weight and got in shape, the ideal answer would have the elements of being coachable, listening to guidance, developing a plan that was S-M-A-R-T, and perhaps reverse engineering your goal. This is not the time to say you bought meal replacement shakes and drank Red Bull all day to boost your metabolism, or that you starved yourself. This is the time to outline the process and commitment that led to your success.
Dianne Barnard is a Registered Nurse and former nursing instructor. She is also board certified in Psychiatric Nursing and Holistic Nursing Critical Care.
"When I have an important goal, I like to break it down into baby steps or smaller pieces. Then, I feel accomplished when I achieve each smaller goal and this allows for opportunities to adjust my bigger goal, if needed. If I have to lose weight for my friend's wedding, I get a calendar and count the days and break it up into weeks. If I have 12 weeks and a goal weight, then I know that I have to lose a certain amount each week to stay on track. Every week I weigh myself, and if I did not make my target, then I review my plan and course correct. I do this with all my projects. I consider the time it will take, the equipment, and whatever else. I try to find someone who is already doing it well and take their advice. I figure that once I get better, I can listen to myself a little more, but in the beginning, I follow someone else's advice who has already achieved the goal."
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