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Updated Feb 10, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Velocity Business Consultant at Cerner
Posted Dec 28, 2011
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2.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Kansas City, MO (took 6 weeks)
First Interview: 30 minute phone interview from a recruiter. Asked questions about my resume and experience. Asked a few behavioral questions. STAR Questions
After "passing" the first interview, I got a call from the recruiter saying I was invited to the next set of interviews. This is called the "Cerner Experience"
The Cerner Experience consisted of a day of learning about Cerner. It also consisted of two back to back 30 minute interviews.
They said it would take 2 to 3 weeks. That was correct.
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Negotiation Details
No negiation
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Cerner
Posted Dec 17, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Kansas City, MO (took 2 days)
I was contacted by one of Cerner's recruiters who found me from Dice.com. She said they were hiring 200 people by January and asked a little bit about my previous experience and salary expectations but she didn't ask any real technical questions and there was no phone interview. The company flew me to their campus on a Wednesday, paid $50 for various travel expenses and had me stay in a Sheraton. The next morning I went to the interview. They schedule 3 people to interview with from different departments and they're scheduled for 45 minutes (although most ended earlier). They're all working off similar interview sheets so sometimes two people would ask the same question. They didn't have a lot of technical questions (and the ones they did have were pretty easy).
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Velocity Delivery Consultant at Cerner
Posted Dec 19, 2011
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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 Dec 2011 (took 1 week)
I just had my first phone interview last week and am conducting a second phone interview this coming week. The first phone interview is very informal and a basic resume review and general questions. Make sure to review your resume prior and stress things you find important. A friend of mine works for the company and said that the second interview is going to be about behavior and mainly consisting of questions about past experiences and how you function in hypothetical scenarios.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Systems Engineer at Cerner
Posted Dec 13, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2011 in Kansas City, MO (took 2 weeks)
Cerner is very professional in their hiring practices. They made me feel right at home, and everyone in my interview cohort left Cerner feeling like they had aced their interview; a fact which is I'm sure untrue, but speaks to how gracious they were as a interviewers. The interviews consisted of one phone interview in which I was asked to describe my work experience and talk briefly about my education (this was not with an HR person, but with a system engineer who had volunteered to talk with me).
After my phone interview, they let me know that they would like to fly me to Kansas City for final round interviews. This was handled with the utmost professionalism. They took care of booking my flight, sent a driver to pick me up from the airport, put me up in a top-notch downtown hotel, and took all the interviewers out to dinner. It was fantastic.
As for the in-person interviews, there were two interviews, each about 45 minutes long. They did not ask technical questions, but instead asked abstract questions which were meant to make me think on the spot. The interviewers were very friendly and made me feel very relaxed.
About 10 days after my trip to Kansas City, they called me to offer the job.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Call Center at Cerner
Posted Dec 15, 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 Jan 2009 (took a day)
The interview process for this job was long. The test was on basic knowledge, and they got the results from the test before completing the interview. I was told i was over-qualified and would not be considered, and even when I insisted I just needed a job and would be a fabulous worker they refused to hire me. Difficult interview process for an entry level position.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Velocity Delivery Consultant at Cerner
Posted Dec 9, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Kansas City, MO (took 6 weeks)
I first applied online and received a call from someone HR who asked me a few questions about my resume. Then she said she wanted to schedule a phone interview (even though that felt like it was one). A week later I had the phone interview with someone in HR and they asked me very weird behavioral questions (tell me about a time you had to adjust a client's expectations... I'm in college, I don't have clients!). I had gotten about three hours of sleep the night before and thought I totally bombed the interview but apparently not because I was asked to come to the final round in Kansas City.
The night before, we were taken on a tour of the city which I was surprisingly impressed with. It's more of a city than I pictured and they have done some great things in recent years to spruce it up. Then we had a very nice dinner but seats were assigned and I ended up sitting next to some awkward people.
The next day you are given an iPad to play with and given a couple of presentations on both Cerner and the role. There is also a panel with people in the role. You will have 3 1:1 interviews with employees in different areas with standard behavioral/resume walkthrough questions. You will also get a tour of campus and lunch at the cafeteria.
A week later I received an offer with a starting salary of $48,000 for the position.
Overall Cerner seemed like a very nice place to work. They have an on-site gym and clinic as well as daycare. They are very health oriented so there are weight loss challenges and incentives within the company. However, it seemed like the employees worked too hard and they were constantly making excuses for this.
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Reason for Declining
I received a higher offer ($60,000) from Epic for the same sort of position and it also seemed like a more fun place to work.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Velocity Delivery Consultant at Cerner
Posted Dec 7, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Kansas City, MO (took 2 days)
Easy behavioral questions, 3 rounds of interviews. The recruiter was rather slow to respond. Took about 3 weeks before I heard back. After office visit was aware that I had another offer outstanding and still didn't call to offer me a position until about 3 hours before the other offer was due.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Systems Engineer at Cerner
Posted Nov 22, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Kansas City, MO (took 2 days)
After a successful first-round behavioral interview on campus, I was invited to Kansas City for two days to finish two remaining interviews.
They put me up in an amazing hotel in downtown KC, and provided a bus tour of the city and a social hour/dinner on the first night. During social hour and dinner you'll get to chat with a handful of current employees and some recruiters. Ask questions, show interest, get noticed in a good way!
The second day took place on Innovations campus in south KC. The interviews were done first to get them out of the way. They were part behavioral and part technical. The behavioral questions should be answered in the STAR fashion, and the technical questions usually ask about some commands in UNIX or other general tech questions. Then there were a few presentations on different aspects of Cerner, the Velocity program, etc. During lunch there were a few current employees available to answer questions and talk about their experiences, and after lunch they gave a tour of Innovations campus, followed by a peer panel and a final presentation. Prior to departure they will tell you approximately how long it should take to hear back from your recruiter.
I heard from my recruiter 6 days after my interview. He made the offer on the first phone call.
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Negotiation Details
Don't be afraid to negotiate! Just because they don't offer a signing bonus initially doesn't mean you can't get one if you ask for it. They're pretty firm on salary but the bonus is usually a good option to push for.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Cerner
Posted Nov 23, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Kansas City, MO (took 2 months)
Phone interview, heard back several weeks later, then got transported to KC for an on site interview. Several weeks after that got the job.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Velocity Delivery Consultant at Cerner
Posted Nov 21, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 (took a day)
Cerner is very proactive about bringing people into their company whether you are a college grad or a careered or coming from clinical background. After my phone interview (they waited til closer to graduatation date or the time you are readily available to come in) was conducted within 30 minutes, just a basic overview of your skill sets and experience that you have bring to the table. Then when they do like you, they will try to schedule you a time to FLY you into Kansas City to do face to face interview with atleast three people who are KC based or depending on the specific jobs they may schedule interivew with someone that you are applying for. Hotels, meals and transportation are included. When they flew me over, they had a driver to pick me up from the airport and personally took me to the hotel (Westin Crown Center) to get my room the NIGHT BEFORE my interview (one night stay). The interview process tend to be held in a group where my cohort joined me in a large meeting room with seat assignments. They kicked off with what Cerner is all about, the history and service offered. Program overview and what positions we are to engage in if we are hired/accept the job. THEN they set you with three 30 minute interview session with three different people from the organization which you have applied for. Then they wrap it up with a panel of employee who are hired and went through the similar velocity program for questions and answers about the general life of KC, job itself and how they are feeling about it.
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I Applied Online.
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