I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at athenahealth
Difficult interview
Application
I applied through university. I interviewed at athenahealth
Interview
I had a phone interview with a recruiting manager and then went in for a formal interview. I met with two people, one went through regular interview questions and one asked me to answer the question "how many lightbulbs are there in Australia?" It was very difficult to map this out on a whiteboard without the use of a spreadsheet (especially for those of us with sloppy handwriting). Also, I got dinged because my initial estimate of the population of Australia was way off (which I thought wasn't fair because it should be the rest of the thinking through the question that counts).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Whiteboard the answer to "how many lightbulbs are there in Australia?"
It was a standard interview process. The interviewer was really nice. The interview consisted of standard tell me about your self questions. After that there were questions about expereince. Then there were questions about problem solving.
I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at athenahealth (Worcester, MA) in Oct 2015
Interview
This was a college campus interview that occurred on my campus. Interviewer was pleasant and interested in my qualifications. Met in the Career Center on my university campus. It lasted approximately 30 minutes. If you made it further in the process you were invited to the athenahealth campus for further interviewing; however I was not that lucky.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A project that I had worked on in the past that did not go the way I wanted: what would I have done differently?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at athenahealth (San Francisco, CA) in Sept 2015
Interview
Straightforward and consistent. It really helped to have an in-house recruiter dedicated to the process of shuttling candidates through the hiring funnel. I may have badgered her a few times to get back to me with a response but she pulled through with the next step each time. Started with a phone screen, moved into several back to back 1:1's and a 1-hour case study.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard culture fit (what kind of work environment do you prefer, what is your working style, etc)
