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Mayo Clinic Interview Questions & Reviews
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Logistics Manager at Mayo Clinic
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Rochester, MN Jan 2013 – Reviewed Apr 29, 2013
Interview Details – The whole process took little more than a month from application submission to job offer. The hiring manager did the phone screen. The panel interview had four peers and one direct report. The questions were behavioral questions and the answers are presented in the STAR (situation, action, results). The HR team was not involved until the Job offer was presented.
Interview Question – How do you delegate work to your team? Do you expect them to ask for more work? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – I had a very fair offer. Mayo does not have a very robust relocation package and I was prepared to negociate more for the relocation allowance. They did offer me more on the allowance than was published in the benefit package.
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Project Manager at Mayo Clinic
No Offer – Interviewed in Rochester, MN Jan 2012 – Reviewed Apr 22, 2013
Interview Details – An outsider getting hired as a Project Manager at Mayo clinic is as hard as it can get I guess. Mayo is a conservative organization and they don't take chance bringing in external PM's. If you are selected for an interview after a long wait, the interview process is panel based. Questions are scenario based and you need to be prepared to provide an answer in STAR approach. A straight yes/no is no good. You have to explain the situation, task, action and results in sequence. Sometime's its quite tough to make up the answer in the format they are expecting. Moreover salary structure for PM's are not per industry standard
Interview Question – Some of the scenario based questions, I thought was not relevant to the position. My advise is to think of many situations/scenarios that you have been and come up with appropriate answer. Also, talking to a colleague or a friend to understand their experience will also help Answer Question
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Financial Representative at Mayo Clinic
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Rochester, MN Sep 2009 – Reviewed Mar 19, 2013
Interview Details – They use behavioral intview questions, so prepare!
Interview Question – What do you like least about your current position View Answer
Negotiation Details – They fought tooth and nail
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Analyst at Mayo Clinic
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Rochester, MN – Reviewed Mar 14, 2013
Interview Details – Used a behavioral interviewing approach – questions were “canned” and a team rotated through their questions. Asked questions about skills, which after being employed were never used on the job.
Interview Question – Tell us about a stressful situation. How did you work through it? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – HR called made the offer and told me the salary that they were going to offer. There was not negotiation...either take it or leave it.
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Business Consulting Fellowship at Mayo Clinic
No Offer – Interviewed in Rochester, MN – Reviewed Feb 13, 2013
Interview Details – Interviewing for a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic was probably the worst interview experience I have ever had. Regardless of not being able to hear through the static and both interviewers speaking at the same time, I was never given the opportunity to highlight my strengths that would contribute to their fellowship program. Instead, I was asked specific questions from the engineer interviewer (I am a Health Care Management student), about engineering principles that were not clearly defined as qualifications for the position. I found myself defending my extensive knowledge of business operations, instead of answering his questions directly. For a fellowship program, which is supposed to be continued education, I was unprepared for the specificity of questions asked.
Interview Question – Explain your use of Six Sigma. (An academic introduction to it was not enough) Answer Question
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Registered Nurse Resident at Mayo Clinic
No Offer – Interviewed in Jacksonville, FL Dec 2012 – Reviewed Jan 8, 2013
Interview Details –
The nurse residency program interview process is rigorous. The online application begins the process. Residents are selected twice a year. Initial applications received for the posting total approximately 175-250. From this, roughly 100 are phone screened. Then 50 applicants are selected for onsite or video conference interviews. There are typically 14 total job openings across various units that need to be filled.
As other potential employees have stated, the interviews themselves are made up of behavioral questions. However, in the phone screen there were some traditional questions, e.g. Tell me about yourself?, Why do you want to work for the Mayo Clinic?, etc.
As one poster stated, time is limited in which one can ask questions of the potential hiring managers to determine an appropriate fit (i.e. do you really want to work for this person). This is a part of the interview process that needs improving.
HR sticks to their word; they will notify you one way or the other when they give a deadline for candidate selection.
As others have stated, the second round interview is 8-9 questions from a panel (the hiring managers for the various units). The questions I was asked were fairly straightforward. I did encounter two part questions that some have alluded to.
Make sure you are very familiar with the company's culture, mission, values, and current projects. Good Luck!
Interview Questions
- Why Jacksonville? View Answer
- What process have you followed and what was the outcome? Answer Question
- How have you actively protected patient privacy? Answer Question
- Describe a time you used excellent communication skills? Answer Question
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Administrative Assistant at Mayo Clinic
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Barron, WI Jun 2008 – Reviewed Dec 17, 2012
Interview Details – Fairly laid back interview. Didn't feel high pressured.
Interview Question – Don't recall any that were too difficult. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Very relaxed and accomodating.
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Systems Analyst at Mayo Clinic
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Rochester, MN Jun 2012 – Reviewed Oct 22, 2012
Interview Details – Way too long (7 months). Interview process pretty standard at Mayo. Come in for panel interview then only contacted if getting the offer, otherwise no communication.
Interview Question – Standard behavioral questions but worded in strange ways so they don't seem standard. Do a 10 min. presentation on yourself. Answer Question
Reason for Declining – not enough money and they were unwilling to negociate
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Biostatistics Summer Intern at Mayo Clinic
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Rochester, MN Mar 2012 – Reviewed Aug 30, 2012
Interview Details – Get an email notification first, then a phone interview, and later offer
Interview Question –
Describe your research
How do you think your research experience can benefit the project you are going to work on in the summer?
Answer Question
Negotiation Details – No negotiation
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Mayo Clinic
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Rochester, MN Jan 2010 – Reviewed Aug 31, 2012
Interview Details – I hade an interview and committee decided I was fit for the position
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