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Kaiser Permanente Director Interview Questions & Reviews
Getting the Interview 7 Interviews
Interview Experience 6 Ratings
Director at Kaiser Permanente
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Feb 14, 2013
Interview Details – Contacted the hiring director directly as well as putting in an online application. Interviewed with the hiring manager, then with the staff who report to me. Mostly used a behavioral question format. It helps to find out the name of the hiring manager and call that person directly. The hr people don't always pass reumes and applications on in a timely manner.
Interview Question – None of the questions were either hard or unexpected. View Answer
Negotiation Details – I negotiated for a higher salary than originally offered.
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Director at Kaiser Permanente
No Offer – Interviewed in Dec 2012 – Reviewed Feb 8, 2013
Interview Details – The interview process is very long with a series of phone interviews and little to no communication in between. No communication about the position being filled on not so you won't know if you are still under consideration.
Interview Question – No surprising questions....just the typical interview questions such as interests, time something worked well, time something didn't turn out as expected, weaknesses, etc. Answer Question
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Director at Kaiser Permanente
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in San Jose, CA Sep 2011 – Reviewed Jan 25, 2012
Interview Details –
I applied on line. I received a call a several weeks later from the hiring Director's assistant. I then had multiple phone interviews and then several on-site interviews. Once I interviewed on-site, it took several months and a lot of follow-up on my part to close the deal. Even after that, the negotiation phase and such were painful to say the least. HR is a process I don't even want to go into.
Overall I would say the interviews themselves were great, but the process after made me want to eat nails. It made the overall experience for me horrible.
Interview Question – The questions were general - no specific surprises. Answer Question
Negotiation Details –
Do your research, know your range and stick with it, do your research. Yes I said it twice, do your research.
The process took to long from final interview to offer, and then almost as long to negotiate - about 3 mos total. They almost lost me several times.
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Director at Kaiser Permanente
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Oakland, CA May 2010 – Reviewed Jan 1, 2012
Interview Details – There was a panel of interviewers who were all involved in the department, including the hiring manager as well as workers in the department. The questions asked were all behavior based questions...give us an example of a time you acted and something did not go right. What happened/ What would you do differently if it happened again? How would you approach a project of getting a new initiative started? How involved would you be in the initiative? What would you be looking for as the project progressed? Describe how you would handle a situation if you found employees not completing their work and hiding it? What if there was one employee doing this? What if there were ten employees and you couldn't keep up with the work if you fired them?
Interview Questions
- Describe a situation from your recent work experience which produced a high level of stress for you. How did you cope? What was the result? Answer Question
- Give an example of actions you have initiated which were of benefit to the organization. What were the results? Answer Question
- How did you identify your customers or clients in your present job? Who were they? How do you satisfy multiple customers ' needs? Answer Question
- Describe a time when you have made a decision which was not in agreement with others in your department. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – A flat offer was presented and there was no negotiation.
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Director at Kaiser Permanente
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Pleasanton, CA Jul 2008 – Reviewed Oct 22, 2010
Interview Details – The process was pretty straight forward. There's an HR policy in place regarding how many candidates the hiring manager shall consider, and who should participate in the interview. The overall process is fairly quick once the ball gets rolling. It appears most positions filled are through some kind of referrals.
Interview Question – Why do you want this position? Answer Question
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Director at Kaiser Permanente
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Burbank, CA Aug 2009 – Reviewed Jul 30, 2010
Interview Details – The KP recruiter contacted me in regards to this position, we spoke briefly about the role and then discussed my qualifications.
Interview Question – Specific questioning about timelines of my work history Answer Question
Reason for Declining – Location of job
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Director at Kaiser Permanente
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Aug 31, 2012
Interview Details – This is a great company to work for and many opportunities for growth and to learn more and expand your area of responsibilities.
Interview Question – Do not remember Answer Question
Negotiation Details – very comfortable process
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