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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/RottenCum21 on 2024-10-17 22:30:41+00:00.

Context: I’m a Registered Nurse… Applying at a nursing home for a Night Shift position simply because I’m burnt out with hospital life and want to go back to school.

I show up 2 days ago, telling them I had applied on indeed and they tell me that I need to fill out a paper application. I ask them is this necessary since I already applied online? They told me they needed a paper copy of my application, so I just sat down and did it. Then the lady tells me they are holding interviews tomorrow and that I should come.

So I show up to the interview yesterday… There’s more people who also applied of course, mostly CNAs and LVNs. They give us all a paper that says 1, 2, 3, 4, and it has boxes next to each number. Each number is a station that you will need to be interviewed in. Once you go in each station your interviewers will sign the box to indicate you already went there. They make me go first since I have the higher license, so I enter station 1. It is the administrator of the nursing home, and the director of nursing. They both grill me with questions for about 20 minutes including clinical questions, different emergent scenarios and how I would respond to them, telling me how hard of a job it was going to be, and that if I was “looking for an easy job, this ain’t it”. They were seeing if I could be “up for the challenge” and if I “fit in the culture” that they’re trying to create. After that I go to station 2, which are two social workers who work there and they were both actually really nice, and asked me basic questions to try to get to know me and my character for about 15 minutes. After that I go to station 3, which are two ladies from HR I believe… and they were both actually really hot, so I was able to charm my way with them as they asked me about some crazy stories of my previous experiences as a nurse. This also lasted about 15 mins, and they also asked me some questions about how I work with people, and how I manage, and lead etc.

*Mind you, after every interview at every station was over… when they asked me “any questions for us?” I would always ask “how long have you been here and why do you personally stay here?” Up until station 3, everyone had been there for years and talked about how they love it there etc.

Lastly comes station 4, which is a lady from payroll and some other guy who handles some administrative stuff. The guy asked me “if I was a new employee of yours, how would you show me the ropes when I first showed up to your unit?” I gave him basically the perfect Chatgpt answer about how I would show my leadership, take him under my wing, show him how things are expected and how to do them etc etc. I guess he didn’t like my answer so he told me that my answer was “too vague”, so he asked me again but in kind of a condescending tone. I gave him the same answer and told him I would also show the new employee about policies, protocols, and the principle of teamwork and how we all help each other etc. He told me that I can’t “put it on the company” talking about policies etc, and asked me “I need to know what YOU, personally would do.” At this point I looked at the payroll lady and asked her “do you understand his question?because maybe I don’t?” She just looked at him and he basically asked me again, so I told him the same answers. In the end he went on a long rant about about how he was disappointed in my answer and he was expecting me to say “accountability” because that’s so important etc.” By this point I was just getting ready to walk out. It had been like 20 mins with them already. In the end the payroll lady asked me one soft ball question like “what are your strengths and weaknesses?” I told her my strengths were working under pressure and weaknesses is that I’m too self critical. The guy then goes on a kind rant about how self critical people are the ones who become successful etc… by this point I had tuned him out. He has grilled me and asked me more questions that even both administrator. In the end when they ask me if I had any questions for them I asked them the same questions I had asked everyone else: “how long have you been here and why do you personally stay here?” Payroll lady said she had been there 4 years and really enjoys the culture etc. The guy who grilled me more than anyone says “3 months” and went in a long rant about how he wanted to help make this place great etc.

Anyway. I have NEVER had an interview with that many people. I have worked at several hospitals and travel assignments, and have never been interviewed by more than 4 people. Even when I got interviewed by 4 people it was all at once and the interview lasted 20 mins. Never had an interview that lasted more than 1 hour. I’m surprised the dietician, handy man, and cleaning ladies didn’t interview me as well.

So fast forward to today… They called me to offer me the job 😂 And quite frankly I’d rather just go back to a hospital after yesterday’s PTSD.

What’s the most people you’ve ever been interviewed by?