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Updated Apr 6, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Student Affairs Position at University of Colorado
Posted Apr 6, 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 Sep 2011 in Boulder, CO (took 4+ weeks)
After finding out the position on a job listings website, I applied online. It was a relatively easy process, which I uploaded both my cover letter and resume. A month later, I received an email asking if I was still interested in the position but was reminded of the salary and how they would not offered relocation assistance (which I already knew/assumed). Once I accepted that fact, I was invited for a 15 minute phone interview, where I asked questions by a committee about student development, event planning, and diversity. It was really quick! The following week, I was invited for an on campus interview. I met with a variety of people, staff and students as well as individually and in groups. Although I was not offered the job, it ultimately took them a month to let me know that decision. It's a very homogenous campus, and I felt out of place as a person of color interviewing. Sometimes I felt was only brought to campus for that fact.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Payroll & Benefits Services at University of Colorado
Posted Jul 20, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in Boulder, CO (took 2 months)
The hiring porcess is a word is LONG (for a state employee position) Please be prepared and/or understand that getting hired with any state organization is both time consuming and takes quite a bit of patience. Filling out app took about 4-6 hours and I needed to include my resume AND copies of my transcript to prove education. I also needed to enter my reference info (be sure that you note it down as your refs that you email should match those that you submittted). Then it took 6-8 weeks to get the initial phone call after the app was submitted, another 2-3 weeks to get the interview and then a few more weeks to get an offer. All in all 3-4 months from start to finish. Having hired a few people in that state system in my tenure there, that timeline is pretty accurate. One phone, one panel (3-5 people from different units in the dept which took about 2-2.5 hrs), ref. check, negotiations with managers, offer, etc. Work culture is live it, breathe it, do it and if you're part of management, there's not a lot of work life balance. People are friendly and nice but work is key.
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Yes, I was able to negotiate some in the salary area. Understand that since it's such a large institution, there's not a lot of room for vacation, salary range and benefit negotiation as a state employee since that has been determined by the state already. Be ready to negotiate with facts and not feelings since fact based is more respected by senior management.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Research Associate at University of Colorado
Posted Jun 29, 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 Apr 2009 in Aurora, CO (took 3 days)
was offered a position in the department .
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Negotiation Details
no negotiation, just was offered what was posted on the position
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at University of Colorado
Posted Oct 11, 2010
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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 Feb 2009 (took a day)
Had a one on one interview where we talked and the phone and then went on site later. Asked some pretty basic questions, went over my resume, asked me where I wanted to be in 5 years and what I wanted out of life.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Intern at University of Colorado
Posted Sep 27, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2008 (took 5 days)
job was a product of nepotism, but typical analytical questions such as how does the Rsquared apply to the correlation of data.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Graduate Student - Neuroscience Program at University of Colorado
Posted Aug 26, 2010
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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 Mar 2008 (took 2 days)
I submitted an application in December. I was contacted in Jan or Feb for an interview, the interview was in March. Multiple students interview together during the same weekend.
The interview is "immersion style". I was flown in and interviewed for 2 days before I went home. There were 5 or 6 1:1 interviews, informal meetings with students, social time, meals, and presentations.
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Negotiation Details
There is no negotiation. You either accept or you don't.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Graduate Research Assistant at University of Colorado
Posted Dec 9, 2009
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2008 in Boulder, CO (took a day)
Met with professor, expressed interest in research, offered job... typical grad student scenario. Nobody else wants to work for them so they're happy to have you.
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Negotiation Details
no negotiations
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Postdoctoral at University of Colorado
Posted Nov 12, 2009
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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 Jun 2008 (took a day)
just give a talk and chat with a bunch of people in lab
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Negotiation Details
eady
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Presentation.
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IT Manager at University of Colorado
Posted Oct 19, 2009
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 in Boulder, CO (took a day)
Met with two different groups for 30 minutes each. The first part of the interview was with two directors, asst. dean and a representative from HR. The questions were primarily geared toward management style. The second half ot the interview was with three people from the IT staff. One was from security, one from sys admin, and one developer. The questions were very technical in nature.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Project Manager Supervisor at University of Colorado
Posted May 5, 2009
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2008 in Boulder, CO (took 4 weeks)
The screening and interview rpcess was very time consuming. The first step consited of a multiple choice questionaire. I was told that this step narrowed the filed of applicants to about 30-50
Two weeks later I was required to wrtie an essay responding to five specific topics relative to project management theory, budget control & cost management, interpersonal and departmental communication, staff managment, and construction mangement. This narrowed the field to about a dozen.
The final step that I participated in was group/panel interview that consisted of verbal situational problem solving / what if type scenario role playing. The top three emerging from that process were the granted an interview with the actual department supervisor. I was not in the top three and feel that I made the error in answering the questions by actually providing real solutions to the problems presented. In retro spect, I believe they were looking for a more bureaucratic supervisory delegation or pass the buck type of answer.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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