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Updated May 22, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Recruiter at MAXIMUS
Posted May 22, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Sacramento, CA (took 2 weeks)
Hiring manager seemed really friendly along with the 2 current employees. I was told that I would hear back in two weeks, but never received a call.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Analyst at MAXIMUS
Posted May 16, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 4 months)
Absolutely terrible. No response from HR after phone interview. called and emailed but no reply. Didn't even tell me about my position at all. Stay away.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Customer Service Representative at MAXIMUS
Posted May 9, 2012
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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 Jul 2011 (took 3 days)
The interview was through an external agency. I first went there and filled out some paper work and a representative interviewed me. After a week or so, the opportunity of this company become available and I received a call and she scheduled an interview with someone else. I went to the interview two days later and received the offer on that day.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Intern at MAXIMUS
Posted Apr 26, 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 Mar 2012 in Reston, VA (took 4+ weeks)
Started with an 1:1 on campus interview with strictly behavior questions like "tell me about a time when your integrity was compromised" or "what qualities do you look for in a supervisor?" A few weeks later I was flown into their headquarters in Reston, Virginia where I went through 3 one on one interviews with people from different departments to see where I best fit in. One department seemed to really like me, but I was told a week later that I was the first alternate for the position.
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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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Software Engineer at MAXIMUS
Posted Mar 28, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took a day)
I saw the review posted Mar 16 and actually had to think whether I wrote it. I had exactly the same awful experience.
Red flag #1:
There was an on-campus interview, consisting entirely of typical behavioral questions. Then I went for interviews at their Reston office. There were three interviews, consisting almost entirely of typical behavioral questions. Mind you, I was interviewing for a software engineering position. Only one person asked me anything remotely technical - a couple of very easy questions about what object-oriented programming is. Hiring for a technical position by asking behavioral questions should give you a hint about what kind of technical position it is.
Red flag #2:
You could tell right away what kind of dreary, corporate environment this company has and what kind of corporate drones work there. There are business analysts who do their business analysis. One of them was gracious enough to tell me, "Oh we couldn't do anything without developers!". I wonder who gets paid more. There are developers who do what the business analysts tell them to do according to their business analysis. One of the developers I spoke with mumbled something about "giving suggestions to the business analysts if your idea is good". The developers sit in small, poorly-lit cubicles. The ones I met had a dull, blank look in their eyes. That was when they actually looked at you. One who interviewed me spent most of the time looking at emails on his smartphone.
Red flag #3:
Like the reviewer from Mar 16, I never heard from this company again. Their "director of corporate recruiting" said to expect a decision within ten days. That was four months ago, and no decision. Their "director of corporate recruiting" said the travel reimbursement process would take about a month. That was four months ago, and no reimbursement. This "director of corporate recruiting" doesn't answer emails or return calls. I don't know who the other reviewer is, but I know of at least three other candidates who interviewed the same day as me and haven't heard back or been reimbursed for travel. If this company can't even send a copy-and-paste rejection email and can't even process a reimbursement form, just imagine the sort of HR people and managers you'll be dealing with if you're unlucky enough to receive an offer.
There are red flags everywhere about this company (see all the reviews here). Avoid it if you have a choice.
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Software Developer at MAXIMUS
Posted Mar 16, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Reston, VA (took a day)
Got selected for first round of Interviews On - Campus through career services. Cleared the round and got a call for second round of Interviews on Site in Reston,VA.
The Interview consisted of 3 1:1 interviews which was completely behavioral with usual questions like toughest project, what did you learn from it, some technical questions in OOPS like what is abstraction, polymorphism..etc. All the three Interviewers asked the same questions.
The process was smooth till this point. But, I never heard back from the Head recruiter again, even after lots and lots of emails, phone calls, etc. They did not give me any result and I assumed it was a reject. But even worse is they did not reimburse the travelling expenses to one of my friends who attended the interview with me.
could say this was the most worst experience I have had.
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Call Center Representative at MAXIMUS
Posted Feb 10, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 (took a day)
Had to get hired through a staffing agency to get an interview with Maximus. Interviewed at the Maximus with 2 young employees. Interview was easy and I was told the questions in advance by the staffing company.
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CCR at MAXIMUS
Posted Dec 22, 2011
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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 Dec 2011 (took 2 months)
it was a pretty lengthy process, before the interview they send you a lot of information to prepare for the interview such as what questions are to be asked during etc. Also to research the company thoroughly, overall it was interesting.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Operations at MAXIMUS
Posted Nov 2, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Columbus, OH (took 2 days)
I applied online through the Maximus site for an Operations position. The position seemed like a good one as an entry into the company. Two days later, I received a phone call asking me to come in for an interview but the guy said he was from K something or another and gave me directions. I did research online and discovered it was another company that was a subsidiary of Maximus, another government subcontractor. I had never heard of them and kept doing research. It took me over an hour to arrive at the destination which was in the middle of nowhere but a very nice building, and the directions were incorrect but I had mapped it out.
Upon arrival, the building was nice and the receptionist was kind and inviting. So that put me at ease. Then the hiring manager who had called me in for the interview and invited me back for the interview. Then he informed me three others would be joining us. He was a bit stoic. When we entered the room they were sitting down with a packet of paper with questions. The manager instructed me where exactly to sit. I had copies of my resume but they didn't seem to feel that was necessary and I am not sure they even looked at it. They just had their list of questions they were going to take turns asking me. They then informed they do "behavior-based interviews". The manager then asked me if I had any questions about the company. I tried to talk as intelligently as possibly about Maximus and their company and I was correct and they refused to answer any questions or elaborate on the company or the position at that time but said they would after they asked me their questions. it was odd.
They fired away their questions for the next hour, which were entirely situational based on my past experience - basic questions to determine how you reacted in situations, if you were flexible or not, how you got along with others and your work performance. Such as tell me a time you encountered a difficult coworker and how you handled it.. tell me a time you had an irate customer and how you handled it.. tell me a time you overcome an obstacle or missed a deadline and how you achieved the results and exactly how you handled it. . tell me a time you failed. the whole time i answered them and kept wondering what does this have to do with the entry level job they want? it made no sense and there was no connect with their starting point and ending point. i could not wait to leave.
then at the end they asked me why they should hire me for the position. All I knew about the position was the job posting/position description on the website. And now there was a different company? and they refused to give their view before I answered the question. I had never encountered anything so odd.
Finally they let me ask at the end what their positions were at the company and how that fit with the position. I still never received clarification on the total elements of the position. I suspected it was a mailroom position and not an Administrator position. I just wanted to run as fast as I could.
Then they said they were still interviewing and would make a decision in two weeks and would I be interested. I kindly said it would be a pleasure to join the team and learn more. At least it ended on a polite note but there is no way I would take a job there.
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Reason for Declining
there was no offer, and it was just too odd to even entertain it.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Associate Consultant at MAXIMUS
Posted Oct 29, 2011
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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 Oct 2011 (took 4+ weeks)
The interview was pretty laid back. I had attended an information session earlier that day and already knew a little bit about the company, so the interview itself was mainly focused on my background. It was purely behavioral, which I found odd for a consulting firm. Either way, we talked about me for about half an hour then I left.
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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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