As a prospective community nurse, what is your overall availability to work evenings?

"Throughout my career I have been very flexible in working many different shifts and hours. This has included being on call, working evenings, weekends, and holidays. I have the sense that most of the work in this community health nurse role will be day shift hours on weekdays, with some occasional educational presentations and seminars that fall on the weekends. I'm fortunate that our youngest child now has her driver's license to make it to her activities on her own, so any hours required for this role will work for me."

Your first clue into answering this question will be to carefully read the position description for the community nurse role to see if the hour requirements clearly stated. If they are, ensure that you are very clear with your interviewer that you can meet all of the demands of that aspect of the job. If not explicitly stated, there may be other clues in the job description that can give you a hint of what the working hours will be. For example, if community education sessions will be part of the job, you can certainly expect some evening and weekend work. As you answer, you want to be honest with yourself and your interviewer on your overall availability to meet the time demands of the job. Make sure to highlight any personal commitments you have.