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Strategy Planner Analyst at Kaiser Permanente
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Oakland, CA Aug 2009 – Reviewed Jun 14, 2013 New
Interview Details – I was contacted by phone to schedule 30 min phone interview with the recruiter. After a week the hiring Manager called me and requested to meet me in person.
Interview Question – Can you describe examples of your earlier experiences in developing strategy? Answer Question
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Senior Project Manager at Kaiser Permanente
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Oakland, CA Jun 2013 – Reviewed Jun 11, 2013 New
Interview Details – Interview Process consisted of an initial submission and rough quaification overview with the recruiter. Then a 15 minute phone interview with the hiring manager where we discussed the project I would be working on. Finally an in person interview with the one hiring manager that lasted about 30 minutes, again discussing the project, more so than my qualifications.
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- Does this seem like a project you would want to work on? View Answer
- Describe some Project Management tools you use/ processes you use View Answer
Negotiation Details – I didnt care to negotiate at the time because I wanted a job, although I would recomend at least trying to get the recruiter to get you more. I wish i did
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Intern Pharmacist at Kaiser Permanente
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Fontana, CA Dec 2009 – Reviewed Jun 10, 2013 New
Interview Details – I was able to get the job interview when I met the pharmacy supervisor at a career fair at my school. I had my interview on-site with 2 pharmacy supervisors. They both had a set of questions to ask me and it was intense. Many follow-up questions to my answers. Since I was a 1st year student at the time, they didn't ask me as much drug-related questions during my interview. I heard back 1 week later that I got the job.
Interview Question – Please tell me about what you can offer to Kaiser. Answer Question
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Intern at Kaiser Permanente
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Jun 9, 2013 New
Interview Details – I applied for the position online and after about a week I got a call from the HR individual. She left me a message, and I called her back. We set up an in-person interview time for later that week. I arrived at the interview 15 mins early and was taken in ten minutes before the interview. They asked me question about why I wanted to intern at Kaiser, what I knew about the trends in healthcare and what I could contribute to their company. I got a call back within 3 days with the internship offer.
Interview Question – They asked a lot of behavioral questions that were unexpected. Like how would you handle a supervisor who isn't treating you well. Answer Question
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Kaiser Permanente
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Jun 9, 2013 New
Interview Details – I had a phone interview with the Director and an in-person interview was scheduled. It was an all day interview from 9-5. After meeting with the Director, I had several 30-minute one-on-one interviews with different Research Scientists. I gave a 1-hour job talk and was taken out to lunch by several people from the Biostatistics Department. Afterwards I had more one-on-one interviews.
Interview Question – What, in your career, are you most proud of? Answer Question
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Entry Level IT at Kaiser Permanente
No Offer – Reviewed May 29, 2013
Interview Details – Applied online and e-mailed recruiter. Got an email and then a call from the recruiter asking me to come in a week to their new location. I was met by some current young employees and then taken into one interview room. Two people asked me about my technical skills, although I had already told the recruiter I don't have any programming knowledge. Lasted about 10 minutes. Then went into a 2nd interview with 2 group managers and a Sr. director. This was more pleasant and was mostly behavioral, with a couple technical questions. Mostly focused on why I wanted to work for Kaiser, what I knew about them, my background, etc.
Interview Question – What kind of programming skills do you have? Answer Question
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Financial Analyst at Kaiser Permanente
No Offer – Interviewed in Los Angeles, CA May 2013 – Reviewed May 24, 2013
Interview Details – Went through an initial phone interview, which resulted in an in person interview. They have a strong multi-year finance intern program with 25 interns.
Interview Question – What is a personal area you want to work on? View Answer
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Senior IT Project Manager at Kaiser Permanente
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Portland, OR Jan 2013 – Reviewed May 21, 2013
Interview Details – From time of application to interview it was a month and a couple of weeks. Interviewers asked basic behavioral questions. Job description was not conducive to the work they expected the PM to perform. They wanted a business analyst, not a Sr. PM responsible for ICD-10 end to end testing. From the time of application to 1st day of work it was almost 2 months as they have a minimum of 3 weeks for on-boarding new folks.
Interview Question – Standard behavioral type questions. "Tell me about a time you were unsuccessful and what you did to rectify the situation." Answer Question
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Program Manager at Kaiser Permanente
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Oakland, CA Feb 2013 – Reviewed May 15, 2013
Interview Details – Kaiser uses behavioral interview questions, to find out the applicants service attributes. They believe that past behaviors determines future success.
Interview Question – What is something you did wrong and how did it impact your job and what would you do differently in the future? Answer Question
Reason for Declining – Found a better paying job.
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Kaiser Paramente Sterile Processing Tech/Externship at Kaiser Permanente
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Antioch, CA – Reviewed May 14, 2013
Interview Details – Gained a lot of knowledge and experience from externship with this facility. I received a great student evaluation. Finding out it is very difficult to get hired. Have to wait till job is posted on line then apply. Upper management is in charge of hiring not individual departments
Interview Question – I do not have a difficult or unexpected question at this time View Answer
Negotiation Details – No negotiation phase. I was told to apply when job is offered online.
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