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      Varian Medical Systems interviews FAQs

      • Candidates applying for Project Design Manager roles take an average of 42 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Varian Medical Systems overall takes an average of 26 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Varian Medical Systems as a Project Design Manager according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Presentation:  20%

        Group panel interview:  20%

        Personality test:  20%

        Skills test:  20%

        One on one interview:  20%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

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        3. Senior Software Engineer(32) ;
        4. Project Manager(27) ;
        5. Manager(24) ;
        6. Software Developer(22) ;
        7. Engineer(16) ;
        8. Field Service Engineer (FSE)(15) ;
      Sales Manager
      (10) ;
    • Product Manager(9) ;
    • Software Engineer II(9) ;
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    • Senior Project Manager(8) ;
    • Software Engineer III(8) .
    • Project Design Manager Interview

      Apr 15, 2015
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Palo Alto, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, CA) in Mar 2015

      Interview

      Initially I was contacted to meet over lunch at Varian cafeteria instead a phone interview, which went well and they called me for an on-site interview after couple of weeks. They asked me to prepare a presentation on topics related to the position based on my experience. On interview day, the interviews started with the presentation where I presented in front of panel (3-4)people. Presentation went well. Then I interviewed with about 8 other people total. I thought the interview went well, however after almost 4 weeks and hearing no response, I contacted the recruiter and the interview coordinator. The recruiter was no longer with Varian, and the HR person notified me that they made the decision to go with another candidate. I asked about the details on what was missing from my skill set that they decided on another candidate, but I did not get any response. The basis for the decision would have been very helpful to understand, and help me improve my interviewing skills, especially because I thought the interviews went very well.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Most of the interviewers were interested in my experience at my current employer. They had the basic questions such as "why do you want to join Varian", "why do you want to leave your current job?", most challenging situation"? "How do you handle the situation when people do not commit and fail to complete their tasks on time?" There were also some interviewers with weird behavioral questions such as "do you want to do your best or be the best?", "do you like slow or fast environment"?
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