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Updated Jan 25, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Systems Engineer at Cerner
Posted Jan 25, 2012
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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 Jan 2012 (took a day)
tell me about database normalization
tell me a server ways to copy a file from computer to another computer
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Systems Engineer at Cerner
Posted Jan 16, 2012
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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 Jan 2012 in Kansas City, MO (took 2+ weeks)
The phone interview was just verifying that I could work in the U.S., my education, work experience, pretty standard stuff. HR offered a 1 on 1 in person interview for two weeks from the day. I will update as things progress.
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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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Systems Engineer at Cerner
Posted Nov 22, 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 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.
Interview Questions
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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Systems Engineer at Cerner
Posted Aug 23, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Kansas City, MO (took 3 weeks)
I was invited to have face to face interview in Kansas City after two calls with HR. Cerner has taken care of everything very well, inlcuding hotel, flight. And those interviewers are very nice too, those questions are all related to behavior, nothing difficult. I wish other people and I could be selected.
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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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Systems Engineer at Cerner
Posted Aug 5, 2011
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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 Jul 2011 (took a day)
Recruiter is very responsive and on time with the interview process. Everything was taken care of from flight to interview schedule in a timely and predictable manner. The interview consists of 3 people from 3 different areas of Cerner and uses the STAR approach to interview. At no point in time did I have to worry about HR not getting back to me because they communicate with you every step of the way. The entire interview process is very smooth from phone screen with HR to 1:1 interview.
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Systems Engineer at Cerner
Posted Jun 10, 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 Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Kansas City, MO (took a day)
I was contacted originally by Cerner a couple weeks after graduating college. I went ahead and agreed to a phone interview. After the first interview i was invited to the campus for 2 more. I turned down the last 2 interviews due to personal reasons. A few months later i re-evaluated and submitted my application online. I was contacted within a month (I had already found a new job by this time) and they invited me to take my final 2 interveiws. Traveled to KC MO (expenses paid by Cerner) and spend a few hours touring the place, learning the velocity program and my final 2 interviews. The interviews are mostly the basic HR interviews. The most technical question i had was regarding SQL. "Please explain the difference between a relational and non relational database." I was confused and stumbled a bit over the question but was able to figure out about 3rd Normal Form and that seemed to please her. I am an extreemely social person and used that to my advantage. I kept conversation fluent as well as used my technical experience from my previous position to promote myself. I was called 2 days later with a job offer.
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Negotiation Details
Non negotiable. This type of offer is very generous considering my lack of experience just coming from college.
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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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Systems Engineer at Cerner
Posted Jan 28, 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 Jan 2011 in Kansas City, MO (took 1 week)
Cerner called me out of the blue a few weeks after graduation to tell me that I matched a significant amount of of what they were looking for. There was a brief phone interview in which I was presented with the opportunity to speek freely about my past, and then ask questions about the company. They then flew me out to KCMO that week after expressing interest to continue the interview process. They picked me up in a private town car and took me to Cerner's WHQ where I met with 3 other people for face to face interviews. It was over the course of a few hours so nothing was terribly rushed. I was made to feel very comfortable and very welcome during the entire process. The questions were tough. They had a significant amount of situational questions along the lines of "what would you do" or "tell me about a time". So be ready for that. Also bare in mind that they are looking for the highest quality people to fill their roles. Their day to day activities quite seriously are a matter of life or death to patients in hospitals. If a coder makes a mistake on their software that allows for a bad medication to be distributed, then people can die.
Cerner took every step to ensure that they put their best foot forward. To those prospective job candidates who are seeking positions with Cerner, this means that you must do the same.
After the interview they told me they would be in touch with in a few days.
I cannot express how fantastic an experience the whole thing was. Every step of the way Cerner took the time to make sure that every fine detail was accounted for. If offered an opportunity to interview with them I highly recommend that you take it.
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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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Systems Engineer at Cerner
Posted Dec 22, 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 Dec 2010 in Kansas City, MO (took 2+ weeks)
I was contacted by a recruiter and asked if interested in the job. A couple days later I was setup with a interview it lasted about 30 minutes. I was told background on cerner and brief job description then shortly after invited to Kansas City to stay and tour the city and for further interviewing i will keep you posted on the next steps I hope I get the job the company looks great...
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Systems Engineer at Cerner
Posted Nov 25, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2010 in Kansas City, MO (took 2 months)
Step 1: Establish a contact.
Step 2: Pressure contact into getting back with you.
(It was my impression that the recruiters were under pressure to get a high volume of specific candidates into the campus and therefore were too busy to deal with non-targeted candidates, despite the fact that they needed to hire them)
Step 3: Phone interview. Consists of questions about specific times or situations in your professional/academic life where you had to overcome adversity or solve a difficult challenge.
Step 4: Tour Campus
Step 5: Interview in person while you are touring campus for a day.
Step 6: Good Luck.
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