Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Health Service Executive as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for RN Staff Nurse and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for RN Staff Nurse and roles were rated as the easiest.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Health Service Executive (Dublin, Dublin) in May 2026
Interview
Compliance-based, very difficult questions asked about specific policies, etc and social work areas I had never worked in ( I was a recent graduate). The interview lasted 35-40 mins and the results were in 2 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What safeguarding policy is relevant for social work practice?
Very professional made you feel at ease create a calm evirnoment
Questions were clear and concise the questions asked were all competency based questions do study a lot though and know your stuff
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Hiqa
Audit
Management
Communication
Prioritisation
I interviewed at Health Service Executive (Galway)
Interview
Online via zoom as this was during covid lockdown. 3 member panel interview. Quite a long interview process. Was made more so as it was via zoom. Could be quite stilted at times. I did not accept offer as it was fixed term for a few months only