u/femzoverratti

Me and my brother have been building this for a few months. It's called HiredMate.

The core feature is an AI hiring manager that actually interviews you in real time if you say something vague it follows up, if your answer is weak it doesn't move on. You pick Friendly, Neutral, or Tough mode.

Also has voice practice that counts your filler words and measures your speaking pace, and prep packs for specific hospitals like Mayo Clinic and Kaiser that show you their known interview patterns and culture.

Comment down if you'd like to try it out.

We would love some advice on what would make this actually useful for nurses?

I'm building an app specifically for nurses who are preparing for job interviews and I want feedback from actual nurses before I go further.

hiredmate.online (free to try) The idea is simple: most interview prep tools are generic. They don't know what a STAR answer looks like for a bedside nurse, they don't know what Mayo Clinic interviewers actually ask, and they don't push back when your answer is weak.

So I built something that does.

I genuinely want any sort of advice/comments that will make it a better app: what would make this actually useful for you? What do nurses wish existed when they were prepping for interviews?

I'm building an app specifically for nurses who are preparing for job interviews and I want feedback from actual nurses before I go further.

hiredmate.online (free to try) The idea is simple: most interview prep tools are generic. They don't know what a STAR answer looks like for a bedside nurse, they don't know what Mayo Clinic interviewers actually ask, and they don't push back when your answer is weak.

So I built something that does.

I genuinely want any sort of advice/comments that will make it a better app: what would make this actually useful for you? What do nurses wish existed when they were prepping for interviews?

I've been researching what questions hospitals ask in nursing interviews across different units and honestly the difference is huge — ICU interviews feel nothing like Med-Surg interviews.

Here's what I found by specialty:

ICU interviews almost always include:

→ "A patient's BP drops to 80/50

post-op. Walk me through your

immediate response."

→ "How do you prioritize when two

critical patients need you at

the same time?"

→ "Tell me about a time you caught

something a doctor missed."

ER interviews focus on:

→ "A ambulance brings in 3 patients

simultaneously. How do you triage?"

→ "How do you handle a violent or

combative patient?"

→ "Describe your experience with

a rapidly deteriorating patient."

Med-Surg goes heavy on:

→ "How do you manage 6-8 patients

safely on a busy shift?"

→ "Walk me through how you delegate

to your CNA effectively."

→ "Tell me about a time you had

to advocate for a patient with

a physician."

L&D is almost entirely scenario based:

→ "You notice a category 3 fetal

heart rate tracing. What do you do?"

→ "A patient refuses a recommended

C-section. How do you handle it?"

→ "Walk me through your assessment

of a patient with pre-eclampsia."

Pediatrics tends to ask:

→ "How do you communicate a serious

diagnosis to a child vs their parents?"

→ "A parent is refusing treatment

for their child. What do you do?"

→ "How do you calculate and verify

a pediatric medication dose?"

The questions that trip EVERYONE up regardless of unit:

"Tell me about a time you made

a mistake."

→ As a student you don't have a

big clinical mistake yet

→ Use a simulation or clinical

rotation moment

→ Focus 80% of your answer on

what you LEARNED and changed

"How do you handle conflict with

a coworker?"

→ They're checking if you're a

team player or a liability

→ Never badmouth anyone in your answer

→ Always bring it back to

patient safety

"Why do you want to work HERE

specifically?"

→ Generic answer = immediate red flag

→ Research their Magnet status,

their specialty programs, their

mission statement

→ Name something specific about

THEIR hospital not hospitals

in general

The nurses who walk in prepared for unit-specific scenarios get offers. The ones who prep generic questions don't.

What unit are you hoping to land in? I can drop more specific questions for your specialty

in the comments.