I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Highmark (Wilmington, DE) in Jul 2012
Interview
The process was very simple. I submitted my resume and heard from their HR department within a week. I was scheduled for an onsite interview the following week. The interview was very simple. Mainly culture fit related questions. The entire interview took about an hour. I was told I was the first person interviewed and I would hear back in about 3 weeks. I heard back exactly 3 weeks later with an offer.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Highmark (Pittsburgh, PA) in Jan 2012
Interview
I was interviewed by the person who would become one of my managers in a matrixed environment. he did not work in the business area, bit for the PMO and had no understanding of my specialty. I was also interviewed by a person who would be my peer who also had no understanding of my specialty. I never met managers in my area until after I was hired.
The questions are all around PMO and project management best practices. If you passed your PMI, you won't have a problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There really weren't surprise questions, but they did ask about Agile.
IT Project Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Highmark with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 48.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for IT Project Manager roles take an average of 101 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Highmark overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Highmark as a IT Project Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
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One on one interview: 29%
Phone interview: 14%
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