Management Sciences for Health Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – Phone interviews with project director, communications staff and regional director for overseas position.

Negotiation Details – Negotiations were slow with very little communication from the recruiter until it suddenly got very rushed and urgent, but negotiations were not very difficult in the end. The junior recruiter without much experience was not very polite or pleasant to work with. Under other circumstances, the recruiter would have put me off and I may have declined the offer.

Interview Details – I had a phone interview with a recruiter within a day of submitting my CV, followed by a second phone interview with a member of the technical team that was hiring. Next week was the in person interview in their VA offices. I met with the same recruiter who had contacted me initially and then met both a junior and senior member of the technical team. They were very nice, walked me through all details of the position, and asked fairly standard questions about my experience and interests. Nothing tricky or unexpected. Lots of questions were expanding upon the experiences referenced in my CV and giving examples.

Interview Details – I applied for many positions with MSH and never heard any response. I connected with a current employee who is a fellow alumnus of my graduate school, and got a response from the next job for which I applied.

I was called in for a personal interview in the Arlington-based office. I had a video conference call with an HR rep based in Connecticut and then interview with the project team in person. The interviews went very well and everyone was very personable.

I also had one hour to complete a budget assessment.

Interview Details – The hiring process is time consuming and cumbersome. I applied very recently for a new position and found the recruiter for this particular position to not understand the work I currently did, the work I was intending to do and where the responsibilities intersected. The hiring manager was aware of me and worked quite well to spite the lack of assistance from the recruiter. The particular recruiter, as I have found out internally, struggled to pass on my information to the manager. I had to pull from the other side. Please also note that the positions do not pay as well as the public sector, and an equivocal interview I later involved myself in offered me between 10-20k more annual salary to start.

Interview Details – Applied for a job online. Used network/contact to put in a good word so that my profile would stand out. That procured a phone interview almost immediately (power of networking, as they say). The initial phone interview was very short - simply to gauge my interest in the position and cover my basic questions on the scope of work. Two weeks later - I was called in for a in-person interview with a panel. This lasted about an hour - consisting of behavioral type questions to gauge my interest and fit for the position. Everyone on the panel was very warm - and it felt like a conversation rather than an interview.

Interview Details – HR rep emailed prescreening questionnaire, then called in for panel interview with hiring manager, project manager, and administrative coordinator. interview lasted 45 minutes asked very standard questions and did part of the interview in french. then the HR rep came in to ask logistical questions about salary, references, etc for 20 min

Interview Details – My interviews were extremely well organized from the first contact by the recruiter on through the hiring process. The HR administrator contacted me to set up my interviews and from that contact all the way through to my offer, the process was handled in a most professional manner. The panel interview, in particular, was impressive because it appeared each interviewer had been assigned to specific areas to cover in my background. I felt as if I was able to demonstrate all my accomplishments in that interview! Everyone from the receptionist, who called me by name and knew what I was there for, to employees in the corridors to the interviewers made me feel welcome. I could feel myself being a part of MSH!

Negotiation Details – The recruiter was highly professional in the way she extended the offer. The salary offered was not a large increase but she offset that with emphasizing the total package, including excellent benefits.