| 1. |
If I called a member of your current staff and asked them
to tell me about you, what would they say? |
| 2. |
What
actions would you take if you came on board? |
| 3. |
How
do you lead? |
| 4. |
What's
your secret to getting subordinates to follow you? |
| 5. |
How
do you motivate employees? |
| 6. |
How
do you reward employees? |
| 7. |
Describe
your management philosophy and management style. |
| 8. |
Some
managers supervise their employees closely, while others use
a loose rein. How do you manage? |
| 9. |
How
have you improved as a manager over the years? |
| 10. |
How
many people have you fired? How do you go about it? |
| 11. |
How
would you deal with an employee who broke a policy (ie: late
for work)? |
| 12. |
How
would you deal with an employee who was not open and honest
in communication? |
| 13. |
It
is very hard to attract (critical care, ER, OR, OB etc.) nurses
to this area. What are some strategies you might use to have
enough qualified nurses to be sure patients get quality care
in the facility? |
| 14. |
What
single professional event made you most proud to be a manager/leader? |
| 15. |
What
event made you least proud to be a leader? |
| 16. |
In
prior positions did you have budgeting responsibilities? If
so, what was the size of your operating budget? |
| 17. |
Do
you know how to figure FTE's? |
| 18. |
What
is your definition of empowerment? |
| 19. |
What
is your definition of Quality Assurance (QA), and who should
be responsible, for QA? |
| 20. |
Tell
me about a time when your manager made a decision you disagreed
with. What actions did you take and why? |
| 21. |
Tell
me about a time when you had to handle a disruptive employee.
What did you do? What were the results? |
| 22. |
Tell
me about a time when you had to deal with an irate physician,
patient, employee etc. How did you handle it and what was the
result? |
| 23. |
How
have you managed to foster a successful team in your past positions? |
| 24. |
What
methods have you found successful in determining the priorities
when you start in a new facility? |
| 25. |
What
methods do you use to foster open communication with staff and
management? |
| 26. |
Tell
me about a work incident when you were totally honest, despite
a potential risk or downside for the honesty. |
| 27. |
How
did you handle a recent situation where the direction from above
was unclear and circumstances were changing? |
| 28. |
Describe
how you motivated a group of people to do something they did
not want to do. |
| 29. |
Who
is your most effective subordinate and your least effective
subordinate? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?
What have you done to develop each of these subordinates? |
| 30. |
Tell
me about some of the people who have become successful as a
result of your management. What was your role in their development? |
| 31. |
What
are the major training and development needs of the people in
your department? How did you identify them? What are you doing
about them? |
| 32. |
Are
there any techniques you have found useful in identifying particular
subordinates' needs and potentials? Tell me how they worked
with a particular person. |
| 33. |
What
do you do differently than other managers? Why? Examples? |
| 34. |
What
is the farthest you've had to bend your standards in order to
succeed? |
| 35. |
What
job duties would you like to avoid if at all possible? |
| 36. |
Describe
a time in which you weighed the pros and cons of a situation
and decided not to take action, even though you were under pressure
to do so? |
| 37. |
All
of us have been in situations where we assigned work to other
people and they didn't do what we intended. Can you tell me
about some of those? What were the circumstances and how did
you handle it? |
| 38. |
Have
you ever had problems in getting your subordinates to accept
your ideas or department goals? What approach did you use? How
effective was it? |
| 39. |
Have
you ever needed cooperation from groups that did not report
to you? What did you do to gain cooperation? What were the satisfactions
and disappointments? |
| 40. |
Is
there a trait or characteristic about you that you find is frequently
misunderstood, that surprises you when you find out that people
think that about you? |
| 41. |
What
3 things do you hope to accomplish in your first year? |
| 42. |
What
do you expect of those who report to you? If candidate responds
with a one word answer (for example saying, "support"
you can probe further by asking the candidate to describe three
behaviors that she/he would view as being supportive. |
| 43. |
If
you had an unfavorable plan (i.e., budget) to implement, what
would you do to get the managers' buy in and support? |
| 44. |
With
the current nursing shortage, what are two solutions you would
like to see put in place? |
| 45. |
What
kind of support do you offer managers, directors and front-line
staff, knowing the stress of the nursing shortage and the increasing
acuity of our patients? |
| 46. |
Tell
us about a high level innovative idea/change that you implemented.
Was it or was it not successful? |
