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Critical Care Nurse Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Critical Care Nurse interview, here are 30 interview questions and answer examples.

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Do you feel like you have strong relationship-building skills?

Building strong relationships is essential for the success of any business. The healthcare industry is no exception. Share why you think you have good relationship-building skills.

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30 Critical Care Nurse Interview Questions & Answers

Below is a list of our Critical Care Nurse interview questions. Click on any interview question to view our answer advice and answer examples. You may view six answer examples before our paywall loads. Afterwards, you'll be asked to upgrade to view the rest of our answers.

  • Behavioral

    1. Do you feel like you have strong relationship-building skills?

  • Behavioral

    2. Have you ever been in a situation in which a co-worker put a patient in jeopardy? If so, how did you handle it?

  • Behavioral

    3. Have you ever received negative feedback, and how did you handle it?

  • Behavioral

    4. Tell me about a time you were trusted with confidential information regarding a patient's care.

  • Compatibility

    5. Do you participate in any outreach or volunteer work?

  • Compatibility

    6. Do you feel comfortable working with clinical nursing students in the critical care setting?

  • Competency

    7. What are some aspects of your specialty that make it unique compared to other specialties?

  • Direct

    8. Nurses at our facility often work on rotation. Are you willing to work, nights, weekends, holidays, or overtime if needed?

  • Direct

    9. Have you ever considered relocation? If so, what area would you be willing to travel to?

  • Direct

    10. Do you anticipate any significant changes in your life within the next two to three years that may prevent you from continuing employment here if you are offered a position here?

  • Discovery

    11. Why do you think you are a good critical care nurse?

  • Discovery

    12. Tell me a bit about yourself.

  • Discovery

    13. What are your primary interests outside of work?

  • Discovery

    14. What would you consider your biggest weakness?

  • Discovery

    15. What is your greatest fear about being a critical care nurse?

  • Discovery

    16. What would you say is your greatest strength as a critical care nurse?

  • Discovery

    17. In your opinion, what personality type is best suited toward this specialty?

  • Discovery

    18. What advice would you give to a nurse looking to enter your field of nursing?

  • Discovery

    19. Have you ever considered choosing a different career?

  • Discovery

    20. What makes you feel you will be a good fit for our organization?

  • Discovery

    21. If you were the person responsible for hiring new employees, what qualities would you look for in a candidate, and do you think you possess those qualities?

  • Diversity

    22. Do you have experience working with peers from diverse backgrounds?

  • EQ

    23. In addition to providing care to seriously ill patients, critical care nurses must attend to stressed out family members. How do you approach offering support to family members?

  • Job Satisfaction

    24. What about your job as a critical care nurse gives you the most satisfaction?

  • Organizational

    25. Working with critical care requires a great deal of attention to detail and often multi-tasking. What do you do to help keep yourself from becoming overwhelmed?

  • Problem Solving

    26. Do you feel you have good problem solving skills?

  • Salary

    27. Salary is often commensurate with experience. How do you feel about someone with more experience than you having a higher salary but doing the same job?

  • Stress

    28. Working in the ICU can be very stressful. What are some ways you manage stress on the job?

  • Stress

    29. Why do you think critical care nurses often report experiencing 'burn out,' and what do you do to prevent that?

  • Technical

    30. What is a risk that is associated with a patient being in critical care and being bed bound?