I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at athenahealth (Watertown, MA) in Dec 2014
Interview
Lengthy - met 5 people with different cohorts and roles. I felt like I got a good sense of the role and culture. I was well prepared with examples for many types of projects, ones that went well and ones that went poorly. Culture fit is a significant part of the interview so being relaxed and relating to the interviewers helped.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a project beginning to end. Discuss my communications strategy.
Excellent and enlightening experience with each round.
1st round senior product manager screening
2nd round case study round
Followed by 4 rounds of discussion with Product and Engineering directors around various PM competencies
Disorganized--4 rounds including case study (final round) and then no offer with no feedback. I truly liked the recruiter and people I met with so I was hoping it was just a bumpy path to a role I would enjoy. I felt they would forget there was a hiring process and then suddenly want to urgently coordinate another round.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at athenahealth in Oct 2025
Interview
Screener call, 30 minute recruiter call, one hour long manager call and two more 30 minute SME/VIP chats. A few 'what-if' scenarios, but completely practical and easy to navigate. There was good communication during the setting up for interviews but went radio silent after the last interview. Just saw the listing was taken down some time after.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you convince a team to use one product over another?
Project Manager applicants have rated the interview process at athenahealth with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 36% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Project Manager roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 22 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at athenahealth overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at athenahealth as a Project Manager according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Presentation: 8%
Skills test: 6%
Personality test: 3%
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