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Updated May 20, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Developer at athenahealth
Posted May 20, 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 May 2012 (took a day)
First round phone screen in which general screening questions were asked; however, a lot of focus was placed upon the last two positions I have held and the interviewer sounded almost like they were trying to sell the company as opposed to what may be the typical phone screen. Indicated that they wished to go forward with the second round skills test but refused to any answers with regards to the nature of the test (e.g. average time to complete, nature of problem, etc.). Failed to send the follow up email with problem and also failed to follow up in general. Overall a fairly negative experience that left me with a negative opinion of the company and their professionalism.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Manager at athenahealth
Posted May 19, 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 Apr 2012 in Alpharetta, GA (took 2 weeks)
Interviewed with HR recruiter. HR recruiter than passed my information to the hiring manager who called to interview. He was a friendly guy, but the interview lasted only 10 minutes. I received a decline voice mail the next week
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Product Marketing Associate at athenahealth
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 Feb 2011 in Watertown, MA (took 1+ week)
I was contacted by HR and had a brief phone interview and invited for an in person interview. I wasn't given clear instructions on how to get to the main building. Seeing that I live in Boston and public transportation is my form of transportation, it would of been nice to have detail instructions.
I met with the manager and director. Both were very knowledgeable and asked very simple questions: "why do you want to work in this company" or "tell me about yourself." I was very interested in the company but as I recall, they only talked about themselves the entire interview and kept promoting the company. I barely had a chance to talk about myself or my experience, let alone they didn't seem to be interested in me. After the interview I thought I had made a good impression, but I guess was wrong since I never heard back from the recruiting coordinator despite emailing and calling her (which I thought was rather rude). It somewhat upset me because they didn't give me a chance to talk and get to know me but instead, kept promoting themselves and athenahealth.
In the end I didn't want the job anyways--it would be too difficult of a commute.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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User Experience Designer at athenahealth
Posted Feb 1, 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 Jun 2011 (took 5 days)
After a great phone interview and contacting two different employees through linkedin to get a status update, they told me they were moving on with other options and that they didn't like my approach to getting information.
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Software Developer at athenahealth
Posted Dec 14, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Watertown, MA (took a day)
Brought me in for a whole day of interviews. 5 total parts, 2 sit down coding portions, 1 talking about general programming exp, 1 with a person talking about athena and what they do, 1 with recruiting associate about HR things.
Very nice energetic people. Everyone seemed quite content with their jobs and seemed pretty intelligent. Don't try all the dumb "tricks" for interviews during the technical portions like asking questions about their daily responsibilities etc etc, gotta prove yourself technically first then chit chat after.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Software Developer at athenahealth
Posted Sep 22, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Boston, MA (took a day)
3 interviews. Asking math based puzzles that has no relevance in the work that they do. I'm not a math major.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Developer at athenahealth
Posted Sep 8, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Feb 2011 in Boston, MA (took a day)
I was selected by the recruiter through the college job fair. Had a one on one interview in cafeteria. Interview process was not too long (just 1 hour max). did not get any reply from the recruiter.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Developer at athenahealth
Posted Aug 29, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Aug 2011 in Watertown, MA (took a day)
Screening was a programming exercise, which was of reasonable complexity, a quick 30 minute phone interview, and an online application.
I interviewed at the Watertown site. The technical recruiter started with a quick tour of the building and overview of the schedule.
My first interviewer was an architect, who seemed interested in himself but not quite as much in me. He asked only one or two questions about me and didn't really answer any of my questions about what working at the company was like. He did describe what his job was pretty well, but I'm not sure I learned anything else in the hour I spent with him.
The technical interview questions were fairly easy - each 90-minute session had a whiteboarding process followed by a coding process. The interviewers did not care how the software was coded and only cared about getting the right answers. I was disappointed by the scope of these interview questions - they would be better suited on a college freshman's spring final. I did finish the questions with enough time remaining to ask the interviewees questions, although again it was fairly difficult to get answers of any real substance.
What really astonished me was that they planned to leave me alone during lunch. I was surprised that a company of this size could not schedule one or two developers for a informal conversation over lunch - particularly with my schedule only consisting of five company representatives. I spoke briefly with one or two developers that I could find in the cafeteria before resolving to run out the rest of the clock with my sandwich.
The final interview - like the first - was a cultural interview, and although this interviewer did give me one question to run with at the start, he was otherwise disinterested and unprepared - so I got out of there quickly. Ultimately, athenahealth struck me as a company with little regard for the hiring process. I hope that they didn't put their best foot forward, because the people I met with gave me an impression that the company is both low-energy and unorganized. After interviewing, I withdrew my candidacy, so I don't know if they would have made me an offer.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Program Manager at athenahealth
Posted Apr 5, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took 3 days)
Great interview process overall, 3 rounds (14 interviewers) with mix of "company fit', personality questions, as well as case studies. All interviewers are very smart and passionate about the work. I learnt a lot about the company culture and the interviewers are very candid about the culture of the company as well as the day-to-day job.
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Negotiation Details
Unable to negotiate, but extended offer is fairly good.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Software Developer at athenahealth
Posted Mar 9, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Watertown, MA (took 3 weeks)
Process consisted of a programming puzzle screener over email followed by a one day in-person interview with three 1:1 sessions. People seemed nice and reasonably intelligent, but certainly not exceptionally intelligent.
They've apparently used the same exact screening puzzle and interview questions for years, so it's not hard to find answers online.
The screening puzzle involves constructing walls out of lego-style blocks. It's not a terribly difficult recursion question, but answers are googlable without too much work anyway.
When I looked at their interview questions on glassdoor, I found three questions. They asked only two questions in the interview, and I was amazed that both were the exact questions found on glassdoor. With knowing the questions beforehand, it was easy to ace them.
Reason for Declining
The pay isn't great considering the company is large and their technology is aging. There's not much energy in the company.
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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