Nursing Assistant Interview Questions

Use these 13+ Nursing Assistant interview questions to assess candidates from every angle: warm-up, role-specific skills, behavior, and problem solving. Adapt them to your process, or generate a custom set with the AI tool below.

Jasmin Erge

Written by Jasmin Erge, HR Content Specialist at Hirex. Reviewed by the Hirex Recruitment Team. Last updated July 31, 2026.

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Welcoming questions

  1. Can you tell us about yourself and what led you to become a nursing assistant?
  2. What care settings have you worked in, and which did you find the most rewarding?

Role-specific / technical competencies

  1. Walk us through how you safely transfer a patient with limited mobility from bed to wheelchair.
  2. Which vital signs do you take routinely, and what readings would make you alert a nurse immediately?
  3. How do you follow infection control protocols when caring for multiple patients in a shift?
  4. How do you document care and intake and output, and which record systems have you used?
  5. What changes in a patient's condition or behavior do you watch for during routine care?

Behavioural & culture fit

  1. Tell us about a time you cared for a confused or combative patient. How did you keep them and yourself safe?
  2. Describe a shift when you were stretched thin. How did you make sure every patient still got safe care?
  3. How do you preserve a patient's dignity during personal care tasks like bathing and toileting?

Problem-solving / case

  1. You find a patient on the floor next to their bed. Walk us through exactly what you do.
  2. A resident refuses to eat for the second day in a row. How do you respond?
  3. You notice a coworker skipping hand hygiene between patients. What do you do?

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