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Research Assistant at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, OH Jan 2011 – Reviewed Mar 28, 2013
Interview Details – Simple. Submit using online tool. Arrive to sign for drug test and speak with recruiter. Quick notification.
Negotiation Details – Not applicable since first year was volunteer status.
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Graduate Research Associate at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, OH Mar 2012 – Reviewed Nov 27, 2012
Interview Details – I had an initial phone interview after the connection had been established by my PhD mentor. We then had a casual interview during which we discussed my research experience, career trajectory, interests, skills, etc. I had already been working for another PI in Research, so we also discussed what I was currently doing and what I was hoping to get from a new position in terms of content, schedule, and tuition funding. Several more emails, phone calls, and informal meetings happened before the university worked out joint funding with the research department I was going to work with.
Interview Question – What do you want to do when you finish your PhD? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Several meetings, emails, etc between myself, the PI, and my PhD mentor to work out a funding option, since the hospital pays for my PhD stipend.
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Intern at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, OH Sep 2010 – Reviewed Oct 15, 2012
Interview Details – I was contacted by HR a couple of weeks after I submitted my application online. I first interviewed with an HR manager and the interview questions were pretty typical. I then moved on to move to the department that I worked in to do an interview with people who were on my team. They were incredibly nice and genuinely seemed interested in my work experience. I felt comfortable the entire time. They had other candidates to interview after me, so I was offered the job about 2 weeks later and accepted.
Interview Question – Name a difficulty work experience you had to overcome. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Salary was non-negotiable.
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Programmer Analyst at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, OH Nov 2010 – Reviewed Aug 15, 2012
Interview Details – I was already working at Children's, so the first interview was in person. A little bit of a meet and greet. The second interview was a ssh session and assessment of my programming skills. There were three questions, that were mostly scripting based questions. I also met with the rest of the staff. After accepting the job, and then going through the process from the other perspective, meeting the staff is important and is used to determine if the interviewee is a good fit.
Interview Question – Because this is a position that involved biological research, there was a question that went deeper into my biological knowledge than I expected. Be prepared to answer questions from all areas. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – I did not negotiate.
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Senior IT Analyst at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, OH Mar 2011 – Reviewed Jun 13, 2012
Interview Details – Easy interviiew
Interview Question – How do you handle conflict View Answer
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Data Architect at Nationwide Children's Hospital
No Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, OH Apr 2011 – Reviewed Apr 25, 2012
Interview Details –
I was considering a salary position after being out on my own consulting as a software architect and manager for over 5 years. When I showed up at HR it was like they were herding cattle. When the receptionist pointed me to the no cell phone sign I promptly left the building to complete my conversation. The meeting with the HR person for the specific IT department went like this.
IT HR: What are you looking to make?
ME: What is the salary range?
IT HR: I can only tell you the bottom of the range is 56,000
ME: That's less than I was making in 1999 (10+ yrs ago). I'm over six figures now.
(at this point the HR person was ready to end the interview had I not said...)
ME: Why don't I meet the team and talk to them for a bit and find out what type of things they are working on.
(at which point I had a great conversation about the impact and opportunity of the Internet on Healthcare, and mobile technologies, with a couple middle managers for 1.5 hours. During the conversation it became clear they wanted an ETL/database monkey and the position was not for me, but it was a nice conversation none the less.)
Interview Questions
- How much are you looking to make? View Answer
- Do you want to script pushing data around between different database systems? View Answer
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Psychology Intern at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, OH Dec 2010 – Reviewed Jan 7, 2012
Interview Details – I had to go through the national internship match service, APPIC.
Interview Question – I didn't have any difficult questions, the process was more conversational Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Intern positions are different, so there was none.
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Research Assistant at Nationwide Children's Hospital
No Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, OH Mar 2010 – Reviewed Feb 27, 2011
Interview Details – Initial phone/E-mail contact with department admin. & main doctor. Flew down from NYC for an interview. Talked to several doctors and went to several locations where they see patients/do research. More informal discussion of my background, what the job entails, etc. I paid for my own flight & hotel room etc., followed up twice when I got home, and NEVER heard back from anyone. Unprofessional, horrible, and just lacking the common decency to give me a call or send me an e-mail to let me know if I had gotten the job or not.
Interview Question – What was your thesis about? Answer Question
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Systems Administrator at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, OH Dec 2008 – Reviewed May 5, 2010
Interview Details – It was a well designed process that was easy to follow and involved many interviews.
Interview Question – How would your experience help in your new role? View Answer
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Sponsored Projects Officer at Nationwide Children's Hospital
No Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, OH Mar 2010 – Reviewed Apr 20, 2010
Interview Details – Human resources phone screen was well organized and informative. Human resources 1:1 interview consisted of mostly background/experience questions and was well managed. Direct manager 1:1 interview consisted of questions and discussion on how background/experience would relate to the position and specific position details. Panel interview with individuals in the position I was interviewing for was unexpected and personnel were rather unfriendly, disinterested and unhelpful, mostly taking occasion to discuss why someone would not want this job.
Interview Question – How much time are you comfortable sitting at a computer? View Answer
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