Phone interview with in-house recruiter; must apply to on-line job posting. Phone interview with hiring manager. In person interview with 5 people, mostly peers or leaders at VP level. Did not meet with any other team members or direct reports.
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Question 1
Leadership style, prior experience with medical device development, challenging situations, experience with budgeting, experience working in a matrixed environment
Very chaotic - no transparency into text steps, dragged out the process and weeks of no response or courtesy call on sharing whethere they are in the process or clear next steps when asked
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Medtronic in Jul 2024
Interview
There was a series of 3 video panel interviews set up after the initial HR screenings. Never spoke with that many people for an initial phase of interviews. Never heard back afterwards.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral questions - describe your leadership style.
On line resume Email communications HR Phone screening. HM phone interview. A couple of times. Both technical and behavior interview Other interviewers (multiple individuals including the position peers or HM’s peers) Final executive interviews
Director applicants have rated the interview process at Medtronic with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 27% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Director roles take an average of 46 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Medtronic overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Medtronic as a Director according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 44%
Phone interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 11%
Other: 11%
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