I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at UnitedHealth Group (Boston, MA) in Sep 2016
Interview
I received an employee referral from a fellow project manager within the same business segment. A week or so later, I was outreached by a Recruiter via email informing me that I had been selected to move forward. They then directed me to a link where I did a visual recording of my answers. This was very different and new to me but was pretty straight forwarded -- allowing me to show me interpersonal skills and put a face to the name. About four days later, the Recruiter followed up and we had a telephone conversation. Another week or so later, the Hiring Manager (my current boss) outreached to me and scheduled a call. The conversation centered around cultural fit, work experience, and work style. Cultural fit is stressed in the interviews. It's very collaborative and they want people who do not silo off. I passed this interview and then went to my manager's lead and had that conversation and this was more of a get to know me a conversation.
Right after this, I was selected to continue at which point I had a group interview with a few project managers. This was more challenging but the goal behind it was to evaluate whether or not I could handle the phone call, the peppering of questions, and the type of work that we will be doing.
I was extended an offer about four days later and set about negotiating my salary. I negotiated high and they met me high. I'm very happy here.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to bring someone over to your side of thinking?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at UnitedHealth Group (Minneapolis, MN) in Mar 2022
Interview
Good detail provided on the role. Clear hiring process was communicated. I was advised there are a lot of people applying for roles here that only a few get interviews.
I found the job posting on LI, which included the LI estimated pay range and the pay range provided by the company for certain states. I applied and the next day received an invitation to do a HireVue video screening, which is more of a performance than an interview and stressful even as a usually confident interviewee. I submitted it and a few days later I got an email asking for my availability to interview with the hiring manager. We scheduled it for a week out. In between, a recruiter called me out of nowhere and asked me for a salary range. I had put negotiable in my application, which was true. I was surprised and asked her to give me their range, which she said she couldn't do and talked around how it's so large a range that it wouldn't be helpful and again asked my target. So I gave her a number at the top of the range they'd shared for residents of CO. She said we're probably too far apart and that I should be pulled from this one and then proceeded to tell me the exact number the hiring manager is targeting that she had previously said she couldn't share and then tried to tell me that LI ranges are auto-generated and unreliable. I had to direct her to her own job description to see that it was supplied by them and ask if they're misrepresenting their salary ranges? She said she's not able to make any changes about the salary ranges posted and that she hopes this doesn't sour me on continuing to apply to the company because they're a Fortune 100 major employer. But honestly, if they don't have any feedback mechanisms to listen to their people (i.e., act on her feedback that the range they provide is not even close to accurate -- a 50K difference) then maybe the company culture isn't that great either.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pretty typical "give example of when you" behavior questions
Started off with phone screen by recruiter, followed by two 30 minute interviews with team members via video conferencing on Microsoft Teams. Each interview was about 1.5 weeks apart. I was notified about 2 weeks after last interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about an experience you had of managing through influence