Sutter Health Interview Questions
Updated May 3, 2022
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
No Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
Application
InterviewI interviewed at Sutter Health
The interview process was very eye-opening as a new graduate navigating the career field for the first time. I find it challenging overall for a new hire, even from a professional program to get hired.
Interview Questions
- Asked about past work experience.
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
No Offer
Neutral Experience
Difficult Interview
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InterviewI interviewed at Sutter Health
Unit manager randomly called me over the phone and asked me interview questions. Examples like where do you see yourself in 5 years, why nursing, tell me about yourself, etc. Next day had an in-person interview. As a new grad, they have me about 7 clinical scenario questions relevant to the unit then about 4 behavioral questions.
Interview Questions
- What patient population are you interested in?
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Anonymous Employee
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
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InterviewI interviewed at Sutter Health
Generally a panel interview with about 10 panel questions that involve critical thinking and past experiences. Often several managers, charge nurses and some administration personnel will sit in on the panel
Interview Questions
- Describe a time when you had known you made a mistake. How did you handle it and what did you learn from it.
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
No Offer
Negative Experience
Easy Interview
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InterviewI interviewed at Sutter Health
Highly robotic experience with an insane amount of 20 interviews. I tried to schedule a good time for my interview over Ring Central and the interview instantly started asking me questions. Every reply I gave was followed up with copy and pasted words. Didn’t make the job sound exciting whatsoever
Interview Questions
- Why should we hire you
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Anonymous Employee in Palo Alto, CA
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Easy Interview
Application
InterviewI applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Sutter Health (Palo Alto, CA) in Mar 2022
It was extremely quick process. Got called to schedule an interview. The next monday I was interviews. 3 days later I was called for the job. The two interviewers were very professional and throrough. The HR manager was helpful letting me know what is the onboarding process. 10/10
Interview Questions
- Why did you choose sutter?
- How many calls did you take in your last job?
- What is your best quality?
- What would we be missing if we didn’t choose you?
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Anonymous Employee
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Negative Experience
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InterviewI applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Sutter Health in Mar 2022
The entire process took around thirty minutes. I was initially greeted by the manager and then I met one of the leads. Both people interviewed me and asked questions that where about my how I work with people and why I want to work there. Questions where of that nature. Both people were extremely nice and made the entire experience very pleasant, which helped calm my nerves.
Interview Questions
- Why do I want to work for Sutter Health?
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Anonymous Employee
Accepted Offer
Neutral Experience
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InterviewI interviewed at Sutter Health
Very long, 40 plus question interview. Management was nice but had other MAs interviewing me as well who were not the leads. They also had the provider ID be working for in the interview
Interview Questions
- What are my strengths and what do I consider my biggest weaknesses
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Anonymous Employee
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
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InterviewI interviewed at Sutter Health
Very smooth. I had two interviews and both were in person. One with the director and the second one with the team I would be working with. I was also given a tour of the clinic.
Interview Questions
- What are similarities and differences while treating a patient with chronic back pain vs. acute back pain.
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
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Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application
InterviewI applied online. I interviewed at Sutter Health in Feb 2022
All the panels are present in the interview, so it only took an hour and the questions are not repeated, unlike a per-person interview. Questions were thorough and traditional. The interviewers are pleasant and professionals.
Interview Questions
- What are your strengths and weaknesses? How do you handle a difficult situation? What is a memorable experience in your past job?
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Anonymous Employee
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Easy Interview
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InterviewI interviewed at Sutter Health
From what I heared it's easy to get you just got work for for job you enquire on getting. Be on time do what you need to do work your hours and have fun.
Interview Questions
- Have you had any receptionist experience in the 5 years? Do you have your high-school diploma?
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Sutter Health Interviews FAQs
Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Sutter Health as 71.0% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.78 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Registered Nurse and Medical Assistant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Customer Service Representative and Patient Service Representative roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Sutter Health takes an average of 22 days when considering 349 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Patient Service Representative had the quickest hiring process (on average 15 days), whereas Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 44 days).
Common stages of the interview process at Sutter Health according to 349 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group Panel Interview: 19.17%
Phone Interview: 17.04%
Drug Test: 15.27%
One on One Interview: 14.32%
Background Check: 10.53%
Skills Test: 9.94%
Presentation: 6.15%
IQ Intelligence Test: 3.43%
Personality Test: 2.96%
Other: 1.18%
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