Awful Interview

I probably undergo about 20 interviews a year. When I am searching for an assignment, I hardly go with the first place I am presented to. Not to mention I am often presented to several jobs at a time. I recently had a phone interview that within the first 2 minutes, I already knew I didn’t want to move forward with that position.

The interviewer kept using the word ‘mid-level’ when she referred to me as a nurse practitioner. Strike 1. Then she told me that there wouldn’t be much of an orientation since their previous provider is leaving and I would be expected to dive right in. Um no thanks. Even 1-2 days of orientation/training is better than none. Then I found out that they use Meditech EHR, which is definitely my least favorite EHR. At this point, it already didn’t seem like a place I wanted to work at.

I briefly answered her questions and was hoping to end the call sooner rather than later. Before we hung up she asked me how housing is usually set up for me as a locums. She told me in the past her locum tenens physicians have been housed in the hospital. She made is seem like it was such a great idea – “free food” and all. I was rather appalled. There was no way I was going to live in a hospital room, considering the amount of infectious processes that reside there.

I thought it would be fun to share this phone interview experience to let you all know that you’re not alone! There are sometimes whacky interviews and it’s just a warning sign to stay away!