Project Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Covidien with 3.2 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 62.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Project Manager roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Covidien overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Covidien as a Project Manager according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Background check: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Drug test: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Personality test: 6%
Skills test: 6%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
no interview needed since I knew the hiring manager and knew the domain. So hired directly without interview process. i maintained relationships with the hiring manager and others. no interview needed since I knew the hiring manager and knew the domain. So hired directly without interview process. i maintained relationships with the hiring manager and others no interview needed since I knew the hiring manager and knew the domain. So hired directly without interview process. i maintained relationships with the hiring manager and others
No offer
Positive experience
Difficult interview
Application
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Covidien (Carlsbad, CA) in Mar 2011
Interview
The process went very smoothly as expected from a mature company with well defined roles and processes. Three managers conducted the interviews and asked the usual background questions, only one person had a brain teaser type question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Employess of Company X all live in a particular area of a town relative to the business site. What process would you use to anlayze the viability of changing the traffic flow to accomodate those people.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Covidien (New Haven, CT) in Aug 2011
Interview
2 month Interview process with structured behavioral questions. The entire process was long & intense but not tough. It included multiple rounds of interviews with various people. Overall, the interviewers were nice.