Clinical Specialist applicants have rated the interview process at Medtronic with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Clinical Specialist roles take an average of 53 days to get hired, when considering 64 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 Clinical Specialist according to 64 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 16%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 7%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Medtronic (Tampa, FL) in Mar 2018
Interview
Had a contact there who connected me to a local District Service Manager who had an open position. They paid for a hotel stay since it was 4+ hours away, had a 45 minute interview the next morning. Very intimidation-based, i.e. this is harder than anything you've ever done. When I tried to relate it back to personal experiences, I was told " you have no idea what you're talking about, and this will be the hardest thing you will ever do." They were referring to the one year of training, even though I have an engineering background and demonstrated I was up for the challenge. Overall they didn't learn very much about me, and it was the only round of interviews they used to choose a candidate. Very disappointing, everyone else I have met there has been great.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell me about a time you dealt with an irate client or coworker?
Probably the worst process any company has ever put me through. I had a recruiter screen, hiring manager screen, district manager screen, engineer screen, technical quiz which required over 30 hours of studying, and then a 45 minute long final presentation which took over a week of preparation only to be given a generic rejection telling me they went with someone else and would keep my information on file and refer me to their other positions as they open up. Never again will I let a company waste my time like Medtronic did and give me the absolute disrespect of a generic rejection after the amount of effort I put in. Six interviews has to be a joke and they were just testing if I was enough of a fool to keep showing up.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Medtronic (Utah, TN) in Mar 2026
Interview
Pretty straight forward just a super long process. Multiple phone calls and in person meet ups. Overall not very challenging though. Just took like 2 months to get an answer. Good experience overall though.
6 week process, started with recruiter screen, hiring manager zoom, then field ride with rep. I also networked with the current local CS team with phone calls. They encouraged me to do as many informational interviews as possible with the local team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked situational questions based off of prior OR experience.