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Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Cerner
There was a video call with the hiring manager asking a few technical questions followed by an in person meeting with three different interviewers. Each interview lasted approximately 45 minutes.
- Describe your experience in your previous role
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Cerner
Recruiter reached out - took 3 weeks to get back to me to schedule. Interviewed with manager who then turned me over to a SME. Received an offer for MUCH lower than I was told and declined Recruiter called and said she apologized but was going to see what she could do and NEVER heard back. Went into portal and it said I withdrew.
- Describe a scenario where you needed to weigh pros and cons
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Cerner
The process typically begins with you submitting your application, which includes your resume, cover letter, and any other required materials. Some companies use online application systems, while others may request applications via email or a job portal.
- what is alter pointer modify
Anonymous Employee in Bengaluru
I interviewed at Cerner (Bengaluru)
I had three rounds and was finally offered a position. The first round was technical apptitude The second round was technical interview The third was a technical interview. Overall experience was positive
- Where would you like to see yourself in 5years?
Anonymous Interview Candidate in Dubai
I interviewed at Cerner (Dubai)
3 separate interviews. You need experience for a senior role. They ask standard questions, sometimes repeating across the interviews. You need to discuss recent experience, set the scene, the actions taken and the result.
- When there has been a big change in your organisation, how have you reacted and what did you do to adjust.
Anonymous Employee in Kansas City, MO
I interviewed at Cerner (Kansas City, MO)
After 2 phone interviews applicants are typically flown out to Kansas City for a Cerner day. This is for you to get to know the company and for you to show your interest in Cerner. You will view a series of presentations and then split off to smaller groups. You will eventually be interviewed by 2-3 managers.
- Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Anonymous Employee in Bengaluru
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cerner (Bengaluru)
Really simple, easy and smooth process. It was conducted virtually. It was of two rounds on the same day. Each round was of 45 minutes with 15 minutes break after round 1.
- asked me questions on difference between stack and heap. Inheritance, DLLs, static linking vs dynamic linking, Threading, wrting any sorting program, smart pointers, Constructors/Destructors, Templates. Had two rounds of interview virutally on the same day.
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Cerner
One primary interview and then if you get selected to advance, a super day that entails two interviews with associates. It was all over zoom for me. The first interviewer was with a recruiter who was extremely nice.
- They asked you to provide examples of times you exhibited certain traits
Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
I interviewed at Cerner (New York, NY)
They reached out on LinkedIn and asked me for an interview, then a second interview and offered me a role. Both interviews were over Zoom and lasted less than an hour.
- They asked me what makes a good educator and how to handle challenges as a software trainer.
Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Cerner
Good and smooth but time taking . Please prepare properly before the process there will be 2 tech interview and in both the SQL ques will be asked and with that some aptitude question will also be asked
- Mostly practicle SQL ques were asked
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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Cerner as 75.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.67 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Cyber Security Engineer and Intern rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Marketing Partner and Senior Systems Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Cerner takes an average of 23.44 days when considering 2,136 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Consulting Associate had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Exploratory roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 210 days).
Common stages of the interview process at Cerner according to 2,136 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone Interview: 28.10%
One on One Interview: 24.55%
Drug Test: 10.09%
Background Check: 9.03%
Skills Test: 8.39%
Presentation: 7.63%
Group Panel Interview: 5.05%
Personality Test: 3.28%
IQ Intelligence Test: 2.72%
Other: 1.18%
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