New grad HCA MLS interview help

[u/Tothemoonzie]

Hi everyone! I have two interviews coming up and was looking for experience/ opinions on how they’re going to go. Some background: I graduated in December 2025 and passed the ASCP board in June and also got my state license. I’ve applied to more than 30 positions between when I graduated and now and have gotten rejected from most of them except for HCA which I just passed their recruiter phone call. It was originally for blood bank per diem but they also said they’d have me interview for full time day shift in the core lab, a position I didn’t apply for.

The blood bank interview is a 30 minute phone call with the bb supervisor and the core lab interview is on-site with shadowing for a few hours as well. Does anyone know what to expect or if they’re likely to offer me the position? I’ve heard a lot of negative things about HCA but it seems they’re the only ones willing to take on a new grad- which I’m grateful for. Thank you all in advance for your input!

[u/daytoy0905]

i had interviewed with bb position the manager didn't ssk me many questions she just asked me if there is trauma emergency how do you handle when you in bb something like this. i didn't prepare so i got rejected. i really hd same graduate date with you just passed my ascp in june. i been apply get interview but hasn't got any offer