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Updated Jan 17, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Pharmacy Benefits Management Rx Network Technician at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Jan 17, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took 2 days)
Started with a Employee Referral, had a phone interview that lasted about 45 minutes asking skills/experience questions, followed by an in-person interview with a small panel for about an hour asking similar questions. Was told on the spot they would be moving me forward to a background check. I started 3 weeks later.
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Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Business Analyst at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Oct 6, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Lodi, CA (took a day)
Mutiple questsion, cause, solution, return oriented
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Account/Sales Coordinator (Intermediate) at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Sep 6, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Lodi, CA (took 4+ weeks)
It was a vvery detailed interview. The questions were concerning my job history, qualification etc..
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Corporate Communications Manager at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Aug 23, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in South San Francisco, CA (took 3 months)
The interview process took 3 months. it lasted FOREVER!. I was told that I was the leading candidate and when the job offer came it went to the other candidate. Not a good experience at all. Would be hard pressed to apply to this company again.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Sales Representative at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Aug 17, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Schaumburg, IL (took a day)
Asked very vague questions like how would you put these three things in order of importance: money, power, and respect.
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Reason for Declining
It is is a door to door sales position. They said you would go to companies that have expressed interest in AT&T but if they wanted the services they can just call the company. Seemed like a hoax.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Sales Trainer at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Jul 20, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 3 months)
The interview process was pretty standard, phone screen with recruiter, then phone screen with Manager, then in person interviews. The hiccups were many with regard to scheduling, as the manager was based out of LA, so scheduling took longer than normal. I went through 3 months of back and forth, meeting with everyone on the team, and going so far as to meet with the Director of the department.
Only problem, after three months of being told, yes - you're the canidate - they couldn't hire me full time. Instead they offered me a 3 month contract. There were vauge promises to extend the contract, and so far they have (only one additional month.) it's difficult to go through such a long interview process that was relatively standard, only to be cut off at the knees once you've been told yes. I took the offer, with the hopes that being a larger company the contract MAY turn into a full time position
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Negotiation Details
short, I was able to negotiate a higher hourly salary than I was asking for full time position, plus telecommuting at least once a week. More if necessary.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Senior Manager at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Jun 12, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in San Francisco, CA (took 3 weeks)
It went from phone call to a couple of emails, then at 3 phone interviews with the recruiter, 1 with the hiring manager. Then it was out to meet them in person - total of 5 people met with me.
It went so well. The staff they use to have (before they "reorg-ed") was phenomenal. She single handily sold me on BSC
Negotiation Details
Easy I guess - they made an offer X and I said "how about Y"? 4 weeks later (probably after failing to negotiate another candidate, I got my $.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Operations Management Trainee at Blue Shield Of California
Posted May 18, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 (took 3 months)
The competition for this position is very high and for good reason. They pay well, train well, and have a mentoring system set up to help the employee be successful. Over 400 people apply every year. The questions are mostly behaviorally based. They are looking for certain characteristics as well as the ability to present ideas in a structured manner. As my first interview of this type it was nerve racking but I learned from the process.
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Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Business Analyst at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Mar 2, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in El Dorado Hills, CA (took 2 days)
I interviewed for a 4 month temporary Business Analyst position. I was initially contacted by K-Force and provided a job description for which I believed I was qualified for. It took just a couple of hours to get the phone interview scheduled. K-Force was very professional and provided everything I needed to make the call to Blue Shield of California, El Dorado Hills. The interview was scheduled a few days out, which was fine. It gave me an opportunity to go through the job description and match it to my experience to ensure I was properly prepared.
I was provided with two phone numbers and instructed to call the second number if no one was at the first. When I called the first number, I was greeted and asked to hold while he transferred me to a conference room. I thought that he was going to conduct the interview there. To my suprise there was a panel of three people to ask me questions. I figured this would be fine and proceded to introduce myself. It turns out that the job description I was given by KForce was not what BS was interviewing for. I did note, that KForce provided the right job description, but BS wanted only someone to do user testing. I am versed in user testing and felt confident I could still qualify for the position. However, the style in which I was interviewed through me off. I was asked "If I were to write a book about user testing, what would the first three chapters be titled". I flubbed this part up because I got so caught up in creating a perfect title that I felt like I didn't answer the question very well.
I couldn't help but think that the interview strategy was set up to make someone fail and that perhaps that was the culture of BS. The interviewers voices were kind but somewhat smug. I left the phone interview feeling battered and that if I didn't really need a job, that I would not work for them.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Business Information Analyst at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Oct 7, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2008 in San Francisco, CA (took 4 days)
I applied for the job online and received a phone call within a few days. First I had a 15- minute phone interview with the internal recruiter, then a 45- minute phone interview with the hiring manager. Next was an in person interview with 2 people, which lasted about an hour. I received a phone call from the recruiter with the offer before I even got home from the interview! It was 10 days between when I applied for the job and when I accepted the offer.
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Negotiation Details
I was able to negotiate a higher salary because I had another offer with another company. They were able to match the other offer.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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