KCI Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – phone, inperson with DM or RM and then RVP--must have previous sales exp. Be prepared for a long drawn out process. It takes them forever, especially since they have only a few HR people left to follow up on the hiring process. Many managers ill equipped to interview and will just use their own technique and questions. Company is under tremendous change since buy out in 2012. Massive layoffs has resulted in a pretty unknowledgeable group of reps unprepared for the job they are expected to perform.

Negotiation Details – No negotiation. Solid base for each position...will not even consider another amount.

Interview Details – Applied online looking through the portal . Had to really follow-up with HR twice to get a response back as I did not hear back for month or more. After two follow-ups the HR interview/call was set-up asking basic question on my current salary and expectation etc. Then there was technical call set-up. The interview was done by two and lasted for more than 45 minutes. It was a good experience as it was more to do with what the current work that I was doing and was relevant to the company. Received a call back within 2 weeks to receive an offer

Interview Details – Interview: interviewed by 3rd party, Express Employment professionals for contract to hire. I was contacted and interviewd on the same day. I was offered the contract job on the same day. Current employee culture are employees comfortable with day to day tasks at a slower than average pace with no desire for upward mobility. 1% or less strive to move up in the company. Seems to have waves of turnaround every 2 years, managers are concerned for employees more than revenue, but also expect 24/7 on work assignments. Employees are expected to work on weekends if necessary. Managers are good at not demanding you to change your PTO plans if there is an unexpected change. There is a lack of responsibility taken from both employees and management as far as work that gets done and ROI associated with that work to include little to no evaluation of work completed. Thus, some employees get paid to do little work while others have to pick up the slack.

Reason for Declining – The initial amount offered was substandard, even for the city location, let alone the skill level. 6 months after further negotiation, my offer was met and I accepted the position.

Interview Details – The hiring process for the internship was pretty simple. I had applied online and had an employee forward my resume to the HR as well. I receive the call for a phone interview about a week later. There were a few people on the line interviewing and they asked pretty basic behavioral questions (Strengths/weaknesses etc.) They also asked me about specific technical skills, so it would be easier for them to match me to the appropriate intern project. The phone interview lasted about 45 minutes and they told me I should hear something back in about a week or so. I had to follow up a couple times after a week and they finally sent me the internship offer.

Interview Details – Heard about the job through recruiter. The process was slow but enjoyable.

Interview Details – spent time with hiring manager answering both behavioral or skill based questions. Gave a 1 hr. research presentation.

Reason for Declining – Took a competing offer.

Interview Details – I interviewed first 1:1 with the person that would be my manager. He was very laid back, but serious at the same time. He seemed to be more of a people than skills person, looking for someone to fit the culture. The interview questions were standard with the exception of one, "Rock or Rap?" meant to throw me off. He said I would have to interview again with corporate over the phone. This process took more than two weeks. Finally, I was approved by corporate and offered a position.

Negotiation Details – I had another job offer pending for more per hour than this job. I told KCI flat out that it would take x amount to get me to join the team. They complied. Be straight forward with exact, realistic numbers.

Interview Details – I applied for the role in June but didn't hear anything at all back from the company until the middle of September. At that point they were very eager to complete the interview and hiring process. It began with a call to schedule a phone interview with an HR screener. That went well and I was scheduled for a phone interview with an HR manager. That was successful and the HR manager said that he would work on coordinating the schedules of several people I would meet with on the date of the in-person interview.

The interview day started at approximately 8:30 am. The HR manager was late in getting to the office so the process was delayed for approximately 1/2 an hour. I then met with the HR manager for half an hour and he brought me up to the hiring manager. I met with the hiring manager for about an hour and a half discussing the department, his tenure with the company, the goals of the department, and the issues facing the company. We had fairly in depth conversations about everything related to the sales force and compensation plans for the sales force. I then met with other members of the department that worked for the hiring manager. There were three other members of the department that I met with each for approximately half an hour.

I then went to lunch with a member of HR who was responsible for other areas of compensation. We discussed compensation and incentive plans, issues with different methods of compensation, various data sources on comp, and grading of roles.

I was scheduled to meet with two senior executives on the sales side. I believe they were roughly equivalent to Regional VP's of sales. One was rather disorganized (western region?) and I waited outside his office for more than an hour. The questions he asked were rather basic and not particularly probing. He seemed to be, perhaps, a little annoyed that he was involved in the process. The second Sales VP cancelled. Due to the delays in the interview process the half day interview process turned out to be closer to 6 hours.

The impression I got from those I interviewed with was that the company was a decent one to work for but they were extremely stressed over being asked to do too much with no resources. One member of the department, an analyst, had been with the company for about 3 years and was in a cubicle by himself in a big officespace. Another had been with the company about 7 or 8 years (she was a manager) and had her own office. The third member of the department was responsible for sales reporting and was very welcoming and positive about the company as a whole. The members of the department were spread across different floors of the KCI tower making the department seem less than unified. They didn't seem to interact with each other as much as I'd have thought raising my concern about potential difficulties when having to work with others in the organization. There definitely seemed to be silos between HR, Compensation, and the Sales/Operations groups.

Reason for Declining – They changed the role and responsibilities while the interview process was ongoing which made me question how they would handle things when I was an employee. I expect a company interested in hiring me to put their best foot forward, just as I do in presenting myself to them. Minor changes to things are understandable, changes in a role and responsibilities when interviews are already underway and a job offer is put on the table give the impression that they operate somewhat by the seat of their pants.

Interview Details – Great process. Moved quickly from phone interviews to in-person interviews. In preparation for the in-person was required to prepare a marketing plan, which forced me to better learn the company and I was able to ask more intelligent questions. Met with multiple stakeholders which allowed me to get a good appreciation for the company.