Medical Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Cleveland Clinic with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 58% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Medical Assistant roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cleveland Clinic overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cleveland Clinic as a Medical Assistant according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 15%
Skills test: 15%
Drug test: 15%
Background check: 13%
One on one interview: 10%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH) in Jun 2021
Interview
On call then in person and eventually moved to me coming down to the office it was pretty quick but it wasn’t nearly as scary as everyone made it out to be. Definitely a relaxed but business setting
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: How would you benefit the team by being in our department?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cleveland Clinic (Ohio City, OH) in Nov 2025
Interview
I interviewed with both the manager and assistant manager. The interview was about 30 minutes and I they went over the job role and responsibilities. After the interview I was given a tour
The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH) in May 2021
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter for a phone interview the following day. After the phone interview I was scheduled to meet with the nurse manager which included shadowing. Everyone at the site was so nice and funny. After the interview there was radio silence so I ended up reaching out to the recruiter. He then offered me the job verbally, I accepted, and I am still waiting to hear back regarding my onboarding. Long drawn out process that needs to be done more efficiently
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to deal with a difficult patient.