Periop nurses, how do you answer the "why OR" question in your interviews?

I'm leaving the bedside after six months, four in the ICU and two in medsurg, and applying to some OR positions as I figure out what to do next. I got an interview for a peds OR job and I'm working on my interview prep.

OR interests me because of the team approach (you're not solely responsible for keeping the pt alive for twelve hours and you're not the middle man), the methodical and routine work, only having one pt at a time, the surgery itself (I'm a huge nerd who loved my cadaver lab in school), and the fact that the pt is asleep the entire time.

I feel like some of these things make it sounds like I'm only interested in the OR because it's Not The Floor, which is partially true, but I also genuinely think OR nursing might be my jam and I want that to come across.

I'd love to hear from OR nurses about why you chose to work in the OR – literally comment what you said in your interview, if you can remember it – and any other tips you might have for landing and OR job and succeeding in the OR. Thanks!