Director applicants have rated the interview process at Evolent 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 48.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Director roles take an average of 54 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Evolent overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Evolent as a Director according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 13%
Background check: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Other: 5%
Skills test: 5%
Presentation: 3%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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Talked to HR, had a phone screening, interviewed and never heard back after 5+ weeks. Checked my application status and it says not selected for one of the roles, never heard about the others.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Evolent (Washington, DC) in Apr 2014
Interview
I applied online and about 1 weeks later I received a call from the recruiter saying that they would like to do a phone screen. I passed the phone screen which was very straight forward and just about my experience (15 mins). Then I had a phone interview with a hiring manager - a senior director. Again, this was focused on my experience and was only about 20 mins. From that he stated he would like to bring me in for a round of interviews. The interview was set up for 2 weeks later. I interviewed with 4 different people from the senior director to sr. vp level. It was mostly asking about my experience in a lot of detail and some very high level case-like questions. My overall thoughts on the process:
1. The recruiter: while nice, she was not good about setting expectations and about follow-up. She stated she would call on a certain day or email and this was not closely followed. I contacted her once a week, which I do not think is aggressive, but after that number of interviews I would think it would be best to close the loop with the candidate either way. She keep say that my feedback was "very positive" - obviously not positive enough to get the position however, and she was not able to provide any feedback beyond the fact that it was all really positive. By the end, I had to go directly to the hiring manger to get her to follow-up and when she did return my call I could tell she was a bit annoyed I went around her.
2. The interview process: I thought they did a good job with the interviewing. It was a strong back and forth regarding learning about the company and expressing my interest and my qualifications. The one odd thing was that the first person I interviewed with was someone who I wouldn't be working for but who collaborates a lot with the team I was interviewing to join. What that meant was that she didn't have any insight into the role and the qualifications and I didn't have enough of a detailed understanding of the role to ask her pointed questions. That was not a solid way to start as I think meeting with this person later in the day would have been more beneficial for both of us. I was told I would be contacted the next week, which didnt happen (see above)
3. The organization: For the most part the people I met were very smart and dynamic - I can tell that they work to build out a strong team. That being said, one thing I noticed was I asked every interviewer where they say the company going in the next 5 years, and they all had different answers. I think Evolent like many startups is still very much defining their identity and they haven't really prioritized clarifying their role in the healthcare market. I could tell that anyone that joined would definitely be pulled in a lot of directions and would have to deal with multiple reorganizations as evolent evolves. This is not necessarily a bad thing at all, its just you have the be the type of person to thrive in that environment. Beyond my interview with the recruiter though, I thought the people were definitely the strongest asset of Evolent.
I didn't get an offer but it worked out for the best given my negative experience with the recruiting process which was disorganized and I had other pending offers which were a better fit for me.
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Question 1
Just be able to give concrete examples of your work experience.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Evolent (Arlington, VA) in Oct 2020
Interview
Applied online. Went through a screening with HR, then had a call with the hiring manager. Had interviews with three team members and then a writing test before ultimately being hired.
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Question 1
Tell us about a time you worked on multiple projects with competing deadlines.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Evolent (Louisville, KY) in May 2018
Interview
Be prepared in both the screening and in-person interview to give specific examples of accomplishments, not just a litany of job descriptions. Review your job experiences and be able to tell stories.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to gain buy-in for a major change or difficult project and some stakeholders resisted.