I applied online. I interviewed at HCA Healthcare (Nashville, TN) in Feb 2022
Interview
Easy and Simple, got an email and was able to easily scheduled a time for an in person interview. Arrive and the interview process took about 30-1hr. Shadowed the current extern and then it was pretty much over. Heard back from them the very same day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
be prepared to talk about your clinical experience and challenges.
Was with the Nurse Manager and 2-3 nurses. Interview was about 30 minutes to an hour long. Was more focused on how you work as a team. They really like my customer experience!
I interviewed with three different people. It took two hours and met with clinical leader of both units, charge nurse, and HR. questions were not bad, just a lot of situation based
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at HCA Healthcare (Reston, VA) in Nov 2024
Interview
It was quick and simple, she just asked about my school, when I would graduate and my past work experiences if I had any and we schedule a in person interview with a “shadowing” experience
Nurse Extern applicants have rated the interview process at HCA Healthcare with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Nurse Extern roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 22 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HCA Healthcare overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at HCA Healthcare as a Nurse Extern according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 22%
Background check: 21%
One on one interview: 19%
Phone interview: 12%
Group panel interview: 9%
Personality test: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Presentation: 3%
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