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Complete List of Survival Guides Offered by the Office of Career Services:Professional Survival Guide for Resumes, Cover Letters, & ReferencesProfessional Survival Guide for the Job & Internship Search ProcessProfessional Survival Guide for the International Job Search ProcessProfessional Survival Guide for InterviewingProfessional Survival Guide for Informational InterviewingProfessional Survival Guide for Applying to Graduate SchoolSupplemental Guides are available for Nursing, Teaching, and MilitaryAll guides can be accessed online through www.apu.edu/careerservices orhard copies are available FOR FREE at the Office of Career Services
Sample ResumeOffice of Career Services, Azusa Pacific University, 2013Page 1
Sample ResumeOffice of Career Services, Azusa Pacific University, 2013Page 2
Sample Cover LetterOffice of Career Services, Azusa Pacific University, 2013Page 3
Interview QuestionsThe questions below are typical questions that might be asked in a nursing interview. These questions weresupplied by nursing faculty member, Laurie Lang. For additional information and tips about interviewing, pleasesee our Survival Guide for Interviewing.1. Tell me about yourself.2. What led to your interest in nursing?3. Describe a challenging problem you faced on one of your clinical rotations. How did you solve theproblem?4. When you are experiencing a stressful work situation, how do you relax?5. Give a specific example of a time when you knew you did a good job as a nurse.6. Have you ever been burned out? When? What did you do about it?7. How would you respond if the head nurse asked you to do some of the menial tasks for patients that arenormally not your responsibility?8. How do you relax when faced with stressful work situations?9. How would you respond if, in a rude and haughty time, a doctor questions your work, which you knewto be top-notch and absolutely accurate?10. Do you think you will be a career nurse or eventually look for another profession? Why?11. Why did you decide to become a nurse rather than a doctor?12. Describe a situation in which you found yourself working with someone who was very sensitive and thinskinned?13. Describe a situation connected with nursing that made you angry.14. We have all tried different ways of showing consideration for others. What are some of the things thatyou have done in this respect?15. What are some ways you feel that nursing can become more professional?16. If you were told that the nursing field was closed and that you could not become a nurse, what wouldyou do?17. What types of colleague do you least like to work with?18. What type of nursing tasks do you find most objectionable?19. How many years do you see yourself staying with this hospital?20. How do you go about making a decision?21. Do you have any questions for me?Office of Career Services, Azusa Pacific University, 2013Page 4
Office of Career Services, Azusa Pacific University, 2013 Page 4 The questions below are typical questions that might be asked in a nursing interview. These questions were supplied by nursing faculty member, Laurie Lang. For additional information and tips about interviewing, please see our Survival Guide for Interviewing. 1.
