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Updated May 23, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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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.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Senior Manager at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Sep 7, 2010
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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 Jul 2010 in San Francisco, CA (took 4 weeks)
First contact was through an employee referral, but I was also required to complete the online application. After an initial phone screen with the in-house recruiter, I was interviewed by a two-person team for one hour. Much of the interview focused on my background and work experience. For the second round, I had 3 half-hour interviews. The first 30-minute interview spent the first 10 minutes explaining the organizational structure. The second interviewer arrived 10 minutes late and conducted the interview like a question/answer session vs. a conversation. The third 30-minute interview was with the original interview 2-person team and consisted of my presentation of a work sample. Perceptions: the second interviewer, who would have been a peer, projected a lower level of competency and achievement than the other interviewers. My overall perception of the people I met: seemed pleasant, nice to interact with, but perhaps not as dynamic and goal-oriented as colleagues in my past employment.
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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 and a Presentation.
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Intern at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Jun 23, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in San Francisco, CA (took 3 weeks)
Basic questions...needed to provide previous work samples for the internship.
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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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Network Management at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Apr 26, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 weeks)
Very friendly and professional, no pressure, just a pleasant environment for people to get to know you and understand your professional background and where you stand on current issues.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Billing at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Feb 25, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 weeks)
Straight forward interview questions and open discussion about position and company.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Developer at Blue Shield Of California
Posted Oct 23, 2009
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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 Oct 2009 (took 2 weeks)
I interviewed with four people. Everyone came with questions from HR. One of them told me that they were required to ask these questions. It seems to me that those questions are cookie cutter questions that you can find on the net, but it wasn't really relate to the job.
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