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Updated Apr 21, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Edwards Lifesciences
Posted Apr 21, 2012
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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 Jun 2011 (took 4+ weeks)
I was very impressed with the company itself. The products and culture are both top-notch. My initial interview was via phone, with a followup site interview. That was followed by a flyback to Irvine for additional interviews. Only two of the interviewers asked technical questions, the rest were non-technical in nature. All of the interviewers went out of their way to make me feel comfortable. My perception is the company would be a great place to work.
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Reason for Declining
Counter-offer from current employer
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Laboratory Technician - Transcatheter Heart Valve - 001224 at Edwards Lifesciences
Posted Apr 20, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Irvine, CA (took a day)
I spoke on the phone with HR Manager for a~20 minutes to go over my resume and basic personality questions. I received a call the next day to inform me that they would be going forward with other candidates. I also received an email to inform me of the same as well as a response to my Thank You note from my interviewer thanking me for my time.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Project Manager at Edwards Lifesciences
Posted Dec 9, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Irvine, CA (took 4 days)
screening interview followed by hiring manager
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Edwards Lifesciences
Posted Nov 20, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
This was a first round on-campus interview, at my college's career center. It was much less technical than I was expecting for an engineering position. It was mostly a discussion of my leadership experiences and leadership styles. We also talked about some project management experience. It lasted about 45 minutes. I was sort of surprised I didn't get second round; I thought the interview went well overall.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Edwards Lifesciences
Posted Oct 27, 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 Oct 2011 in Irvine, CA (took 4 weeks)
First they did a phone screen and then an on-site interview. The interviews were planned by the HR team and then I spoke with an engineers for the interview. The company seemed very dynamic and everyone I talked to seemed to love their job!
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Clinical Research Associate at Edwards Lifesciences
Posted Oct 18, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took 5+ weeks)
My CV was submitted through a recruiter who had placed clinical personnel at Edwards. It took about two weeks to get any response from HR. There was an initial HR screen, followed by a telephone interview. Neither person with whom I spoke telephoned on time. An in-person interview was scheduled. I met with multiple people and it was very, very obvious the company's politics ruled the day. It was not a friendly place. It struck me as cold. People seemed more invested in kissing the correct behind to get ahead than to the work at hand. I was hesitant to interview in the first place because over the past five years, I've received regular and increasingly frequent calls from Edwards' internal recruiters. It got to the point where I politely told the caller to please stop calling me. The recruiter gave me a hard sell and told me my background was "exactly" what HR sought in candidates. A neighbor moved from the East Coast to work there and resigned about two months later because of the politics. He took a huge loss on a purchased home but he was that miserable. To this day, he will not speak candidly about his experience there because he fears reprisal. I got the feelng the company had layers and layers of processes, policies and procedures, meaning it took a very long time to get anything done. During the interview, I heard the company's ethics were stellar and unimpeachable. I know others who work for the company and that's the exact opposite of what I was told. I have no doubt Edwards' stock market performance influences management actions -- and I do not mean that in a completely positive way. I have no doubt there are people at Edwards who would try to use Edwards' status to their own personal advantage. I was disappointed because I am very interested in cardiovascular devices. The company's product line is fascinating. It was not worth it, though, to be miserable. I am sure there are nice, ethical people working there. It's always the few who taint the atmosphere for everyone.
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Reason for Declining
Negative company politics
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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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Finance Rotation Programmer at Edwards Lifesciences
Posted Oct 2, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Irvine, CA (took 2+ weeks)
First interviewed by a senior manager on campus. I was brought to the second round with 1:10 ratio. The second round was on-site and consisited of six 1-to-1 interviews, each lasted about thirty minutes. The second round interviewers are the controller and the managers of each department. For both first round and second round interviews, there were all behavioral questions and no technical question involved.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Staff Engineer at Edwards Lifesciences
Posted Aug 28, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 (took a day)
A couple of technical questions from the Engineers in their company, all related to the skill and tech required by the position. And HR asked normal behavior questions. Had a lunch with the hiring manager, and he said I am lack of work experience, I guessed that it is why I was rejected.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Edwards Lifesciences
Posted Jul 9, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took a day)
After submitting an online application for the position, I was contacted via email by the head of the research group that was hiring to schedule a phone interview. The interviewer was friendly and really wanted to make sure that I was educated about what the position entailed. The interviewer really wanted someone that would take the project and make it their own.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Accounting and Finance Development Program at Edwards Lifesciences
Posted Jan 11, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Irvine, CA (took a day)
It was on-campus interview, and they presented an information session before the interview. It was one-on-one interview, and I didn't feel it was hard. He asked me various questions including behavioral and some technical. For example, how to determine whether take a new project or not. Very friendly atmosphere, but they said they'll hire only one for this position each year from either UCI or UCLA. However, they never responded the result back :-(
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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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