<p> Faye </p><p>Nguyen</p><p>10/08/2013</p><p>Interview </p><p>Questions</p><p>1. Tell me about yourself?</p><p>My name is Faye Nguyen and I am currently a senior at University at Buffalo. I will be </p><p> graduating next May with a Bachelor in Business Administration with Finance as my </p><p> concentration. After that I will apply to the accelerated nursing program where I will be </p><p> attending nursing school for another year. Planning on staying in the country from three</p><p> to four years to get some experiences. I want to join the Peace Corp afterward to </p><p> expand my culture and educate myself more. I moved to the United States back in 2001 </p><p> with my family all the way from Vietnam. Growing up with two completely different </p><p> cultures had taught me how to embrace cultural differences. This is probably why I </p><p> enjoy traveling so much and I want that to be the focus of my career. I want to work </p><p> oversea as a nurse after the Peace Corp, hoping to make a difference. Helping people in </p><p> terms of medical is always my passion and is what really want to do later on. As a </p><p> double major at University at Buffalo, I sometimes find it extremely stressful juggling </p><p> two completely different majors. I didn't give up because I know by the end when I </p><p> made it to the finish line, everything will pay off. I'm a hard worker and outgoing kind of person; overall I'm a people kind of person. I enjoy dealing with people even the one </p><p> that is not so friendly. It would be an honor for me to work at your practice for I have </p><p> the skills, knowledge’s, and the passion to be a great nurse.</p><p>2. What are your strengths and what is your weakness?</p><p>My two strengths are my ability to adapt to my surrounding very quickly, and I am also a</p><p> positive, optimistic kind of person. My ability to adapt under any circumstances is </p><p> probably because I am is a very open minded person. I embrace new things, and looking </p><p> forward to meeting new people to learn more. For example working at Tops over the </p><p> summer is my first time ever working. At first I was a little nervous about my </p><p> surrounding not really knowing anybody there. It took me no more than two days to </p><p> adapt and get used to my job. Being optimistic is also one of my strength; I like to be </p><p> positive under any circumstances. There is no reason at all for someone to be negative. I</p><p> also notice is because I tends to smiles a lot at work since because I am a cashier so I </p><p> need to have that big smile on my face all the times. I sometimes had people came up to</p><p> me and told me that they liked the fact that I'm always cheerful and always smiling it </p><p> made their day. I find it important to be positive around the work place since how one </p><p> person act can really have an impact on other. My weakness would be that I tend to be </p><p> stubborn. Instead of asking for help, I sometimes just try to do by myself.</p><p>I think is good to be stubborn sometime but not all the time. Sometimes asking for help </p><p> is a good thing and so I'm working on that aspect. I will try not to work so hard, and when people tell me to take it easy I tend to ignore their advice. I will try my very best </p><p> not to be stubborn, and become a workaholic.</p><p>3. Why should I hire you?</p><p>You should hire me because I know exactly what I can contribute to your practice. All I </p><p> ever want to do with my life till the day I die is to help people. To care, to comfort, </p><p> to heal, and to treat people. I am a people person, I love spending time with people </p><p> rather than sitting in a cubical. I have the skills, the knowledge and the drive to be a </p><p> great nurse. The quality that makes me a perfect for this position is my passion for </p><p> nursing. My passion to care and show compassion to people is what makes me a great </p><p> potential candidate for this job. I volunteer to interpret at doctor, hospital's </p><p> appointments from time to time whenever someone from my church needs help. I enjoy</p><p> going to the doctor's office because I feel like is a place where I can learn for free since I </p><p> can ask the doctor all kind of questions.</p><p>4. Tell me about a time you failed to meet a deadline?</p><p>I was watching over four Uscan at work this one time and I was pretty busy counting my </p><p> money drawer before punching out. I took my eyes off the Uscan for 1 minute and when</p><p>I looked up and someone walk out the store with the groceries without paying for all of </p><p> it. I ran outside Tops, hoping to find whoever person forgotten to pay $11.50 balance.</p><p>I really regretted for not paying close attention during busy hour, and instead of </p><p> watching the customers I was so focus on counting my drawer so I can leave. I feel </p><p> irresponsible for my action causing Tops lose $11.50. From that day on I make sure to watch the customers closely so I won't make that silly mistake again. I told my manager </p><p> about what happened and she was really nice and understanding about it. She told me </p><p> is okay but next time I have to be careful, and keeps my eyes open at all times. I learned </p><p> that is important to focus on the company's goal rather than your own personal </p><p> problems.</p><p>5. Describe a time when you assisted a coworker or a team member?</p><p>I helped some of the new cashiers when they started working by themself on the second</p><p> week. The manager put me on schedule with one of the new cashier so I can help her if </p><p> she needed my assistant. I was more than happy to help her out because I remember </p><p> when I first started working at Tops I also needed help. She asked me a couple questions</p><p> about payments procedures and WIC. I didn't hesitate to help because I know that it is </p><p> the right thing to do. My actions will produce positive outcomes for Tops because now </p><p> we have a well-trained cashier. I always keep in mind is not about personnel satisfaction</p><p> that I should be focusing on but is more of the positive outcomes for the corporation. </p><p>The company's goal is what drives me to always do my best at work.</p><p>6. What make you pick this career as a traveling nurse?</p><p>7. What is the vision of the organization as a whole? </p><p>8. What make this job so different from any other nursing job around the areas?</p>