Everyone on the panel was so nice. Be yourself and be personable, and you will fit right in. A sense of humor and honesty goes a long way. Talk about taking care of the people you will service.

I applied on online for one kind of Analyst position, but a couple of weeks later an HMSA HR rep got back to me and recommended I apply for a specific Business Analyst position. I did so. A day later I got asked to do a recorded phone interview, where they ask questions and I have 2 - 5 minutes to respond. Apparently this is so the hiring manager can review answers at their leisure. I have no idea if they ever listened to my answers. Once I did that, I got silence/excuses from HR for 2 months. Finally, I got an offer for an interview at their HQ on Keeaumoku. When I showed up at HQ, they sat me in front of a computer and had me take a 15 min skills tests on basic math, proofreading, and logical skills. Then I interviewed with the hiring manager and their boss and I thought it went really well. I had all the experience they were looking for, answered all of their questions with personal anecdotes, asked a few good questions of my own, showed them I had done research without showing off, made them laugh a few times. We all ended on smiles and handshakes and they told me I'd get an answer in two weeks. I sent both an email and physical thank you letters afterwards, and followed up with HR every two weeks only to get non-responses ("You'll be informed when we make a decision"). Finally after 30 days I got a form rejection. I think they were negotiating with their primary choice(s) and kept me around as a possible backup. While I know I was highly qualified for the position, and carried myself well through the entire process, its their right to choose to go with another candidate. However, I do wish they would not have taken two months to decide to interview me, and then over a month after the interview to make a choice while stonewalling me with silence when I followed up after two weeks (which is the time frame they gave me).