Phone interview asking closed ended questions. The tone and approach was very rigid and not inviting for any type of interactive conversation or demonstrating respect and high standards of effective interviewing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about yourself and why are you interested in this position.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at NCQA in Sep 2025
Interview
FYI: NCQA's hiring process is on their website! Based on that, I think I followed a similar hiring process.
I applied for the job at the end of August 2025 and a few days later, I did a screening call with a recruiter. The questions were simple, although it seemed like the recruiter was just reading the questions from a list (often repeating questions that I had already answered). A few days after that interview, I was asked to submit a writing sample. I heard back again within a few days and was asked to conduct a panel interview (I think that was the final round of their interview process). The panel interview was nothing crazy (although I did prepare for it a lot), just the usual behavioral and technical questions one would ask for the position. Unfortunately, I had to wait a month (middle October 2025) before I found out that I did not get the position (I did send follow-up emails weekly) and I think waiting that long for a response probably should have been my sign of "I did not get this job."
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us more about yourself.
How would you resolve a conflict with a team member?
How do you deal with conflict?
Complete waste of your time. I interviewed and spent hours working on assigned essay questions AND a freaking writing sample only to get ghosted and finally be told I didn't get the job only after I kept reaching out asking for an update. It should be criminal to waste an applicants time like that. So despicable.
