Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) | Float Pool | 0.6 FTE | 12hr Days | No weekends!
Posted Sep 24, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
Likely interview questions for this role
Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.
About your past
Tell me about a time a nurse gave you more tasks than you could finish. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they will speak up when they are overloaded instead of quietly skipping care that patients need.
This role has day and night shifts plus every other weekend and three holidays. How have you handled a rotating schedule before?
What they are checking: Reliability on a schedule that many applicants struggle to keep.
What do you like about floating, and what do you find hard about it?
What they are checking: Whether they truly fit a float role and are honest about its challenges.
What would you do
As a float CNA you might work med-surg one day, pediatrics the next and behavioral health after that. How do you get up to speed on a new unit at the start of a shift?
What they are checking: Whether they can orient themselves quickly and ask the right questions on unfamiliar units.
A patient on the behavioral health unit becomes upset and starts yelling at you. What do you do?
What they are checking: Staying calm, keeping safe and getting help in behavioral health settings.
You notice a patient at risk of falling trying to get up alone. What do you do?
What they are checking: Fall prevention instincts, one of the most important safety jobs a CNA has.
About the work
How do you adjust your approach when caring for a child compared with an adult patient?
What they are checking: Comfort with pediatric patients, which is one of the units the float pool covers.
Walk me through how you safely move a patient from a bed to a stretcher for transport to x-ray.
What they are checking: Safe transfer and transport skills, a big part of this float role.
When you take vital signs and one is way off from earlier, what do you do?
What they are checking: Recognizing abnormal findings and reporting them to the nurse promptly.
How do you protect a patient's dignity during bathing and toileting?
What they are checking: Whether they protect privacy and dignity during personal care, which is what patients remember most about their stay.
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