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RVExotics:
Hello everyone. First time posting here. I'm a science teacher by profession; well, for a year anyway, and am looking to get on at a local plant for AO training. My goal eventually is to become a RO/SRO. I have a friend who works as an instructor there and teaches many of the classes the NLOs and even ROs and SROs take for various certifications so, of course, he has been a wealth of information for me. However, I'm a thorough person, and am looking for as many perspectives before I go in for my POSS testing and interview as possible.

Here's a little background on me: I have a B.S. in Biology, with emphasis in Life and Earth Science Education for the Secondary Level. I am now certified to teach all 7-12 grades Life, Earth, and Physical Sciences. I spent last year teaching all the physical sciences and a middle school science at a rural school here in Arkansas. It was a fascinating experience and an exercise in patience if anything. I actually had never even considered the possibility of becoming an Operator until speaking with my friend. I didn't realize, firstly, that plants considered people who weren't degreed in Engineering or some kind of ex-Navy. So, apparently I'm good to go as far as my degree is concerned. Having the year of professional experience may also be slightly beneficial in that I do have some real world time employing all the theory I've learned in a practical application. Of course it's only one year.

What I'm wondering is, what kinds of things should I expect from the entire POSS/Interview experience? I've been researching the POSS test and know it's a high stress, quickly paced exam. I feel confident in my abilities to perform well at it but this will be my first high stress exam. For those who have taken it and passed it, did you feel like you knew when you were finished if you had likely passed, or was there some limbo? Were you able to, especially on the math usage section, pace yourself to have at least two run-throughs getting as many quality, rather than quantity, points as possible? Unfortunately, this plant doesn't grade the test on site, so I won't know if I passed for about a week afterward.

As far as the interview, I've had several education interviews, but, assuming I pass the POSS test, this will be my first professional industrial interview. What kinds of questions do most nuke interviewers like to ask? Considering my background is in an unrelated field (more or less), would it be appropriate for me to bring in examples from my teaching experience and apply them to this interview?

I apologize if these questions seem mundane or repetitive. Like I said earlier, I like to be as prepared as possible. I thank you in advance for your advice.

Rennhack:
There is a book called "What to expect, when you are expecting."

Paperback: 454 pages
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; Revised Ed edition (November 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 089480829X
ISBN-13: 978-0894808296


As for interview questions, they are the typical... "Tell us about a time when you _________________." had to convince others of your priorities, had a deadline to meet, excelled, overcame adversity, stabed some one in the back, went postal, etc, etc...

RVExotics:
Thanks for the reply. Maybe I missed something, but considering it would be physiologically impossible for me to be 'expecting,' I'm failing to see how a pregnancy guide fits in to nuclear power...lol.

Unless of course this quote from one of its critiques refers to my training period:

--- Quote ---will make your life utterly miserable for the next nine months.
--- End quote ---

I kind of figured the interview would focus around questions regarding adversity, problems, etc. Right now I'm just trying to figure out how I can related my teaching and/or college experience to the nuclear power industry.

Smart People:
Please excuse our smart a@@ Webmaster (You'll find there are alot of us on here.)

The POSS is alot like the military ASVAB. Its an aptitude test. the interview will focus on how you deal with people and your professionalism. i'm sure others can expound on this.

HydroDave63:

--- Quote from: RVExotics on Jun 26, 2008, 08:36 ---What kinds of questions do most nuke interviewers like to ask?
--- End quote ---

A through search would have yielded this result at a minimum:

http://www.nukeworker.com/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=3488.0

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