Beaumont Post-Interview Updates
Interviews for Top Jobs at Beaumont Health
Registered Nurse Interview
I interviewed at Beaumont Health
Interview
Interview process was straightforward, they needed nurses so it was a fairly easy process. Was basically given the job at the interview. Manager was kind and I was given a peer interview and a tour of the unit.
- Why do you want to work here?
Respiratory Therapist Interview
I interviewed at Beaumont Health
Interview
Typical interview, critical thinking questions nothing major. More of get to know you and what you would do in scenarios. And how you would react to them. Felt like it was more of getting to know if your easy to work with.
- Dealing with difficult Co workers
Nurse Assistant Interview
I interviewed at Beaumont Health
Interview
The interviewers are so nice. I can feel that they respect me a lot. Well-organized. They reviewed my resume, made a phone interview with me, then scheduled a team virtual interview. The process was so smooth. Excited to talk with them .
- Describe something about yourself. Why you choose the position
The interview process at Beaumont Health is generally positive, with most reviewers finding the staff to be friendly and engaging. The length of the hiring process varies depending on the position applied for, but most reviewers report a smooth and efficient process. Interview difficulty also varies depending on the role, but most reviewers found the questions to be straightforward and easy to answer. Overall, reviewers had a positive experience with the interview process at Beaumont Health.
Beaumont Health is a not-for-profit organization, which means they are committed to providing care for everyone who needs it. They want to make sure that you understand this and can handle patients who may refuse treatment. In your answer, show them that you respect the patient’s wishes while also ensuring their safety.
Example: “I have worked on teams before, but I’ve also been part of a project where I was the only employee. In both situations, I always made sure to communicate with my colleagues or teammates about what I was working on. This allowed them to provide feedback and suggestions for improvement. It also gave me an opportunity to learn from their experiences.”
Example: “I am very passionate about healthcare, so when I saw the Beaumont Health job listing online, I knew I had to apply. The mission statement of Beaumont Health really resonated with me, as did the idea of working at such an innovative facility. I also love the idea of working in a team-oriented environment where everyone supports one another.”
Beaumont Health requires all employees to complete CPR certification within 6 weeks of employment. This is a safety requirement for the organization, and it’s important that you can meet this deadline. If you have any questions about the process or need more time to complete the certification, let the interviewer know so they can understand your situation.
How did the interview impress you?
“”Is it better to follow the law or do what is right?””
“What are you most excited about in a career in medicine, and something you anticipate struggling with?”
“What question do you have for me?”
“Tell me about a time you made a mistake”
“What is the biggest problem facing our healthcare system?”
“Asked about my activities from application.”
“What makes you uniquely qualified for OUWB?”
“What experiences led you to want to become a physician? Why should we accept you over other applicants?”
“How do you have time for anything besides community service?”
“Tell me a little about yourself.”
“If you couldnt be a physician what career would you pursue?”
“Kept questions to the usual ones and questions specific to my application”
“What part about medicine most attracted you to the field?”
“So what about _____ experience made it special?”
“Describe a time when you worked on a team.”
“How did activity X (From my app) affect you?”
“What can you bring to OUWB?”
“If you had 3 days to do whatever you wanted what would you do?”
“When were you most stressed about something in your life and how did you overcome it?”
“What do you like to do for fun?”
“What are some of your strengths?”
“Tell me about your experience abroad? (AMCAS questions)”
“Tell me about (specific AMCAS activity)…”
“Discuss a time when you taught something to someone.”
“If you couldnt be a doctor, what would you be and why?”
“What brought you to this point?”
“Tell me about [AMCAS Activity].”
“”Tell me about a time when you failed to be empathetic?””
“What was the most stressful moment of your life?”
“Tell me about the time you make an embarrassing assumption.”
“How do you respond to peer conflict?”
“Asked about my diverse background (I was born in Mexico)”
“What challenges have you faced that have influenced you?”
“Have you ever dealt with a bad team member?”
“Specific questions about my activities and experiences listed on my AMCAS (everything is accessible except stats and undergrad institution).”
“What kind of specialty do you want to go into?”
“What is one thing you would fix about the healthcare system?”
“What is one of your greatest accomplishments?”
“Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?”
“How do you fit into the schools mission to train holistic physicians?”
“What would you do if you had one free day?”
“How have you demonstrated leadership?”
“What first influenced you to become a physician?”
“What field of medicine are you interested in?”
“What are you looking for in a medical school?”
“Would you be interested in private practice?”
“Tell me about (insert extracurricular activity).”
“What is one thing you anticipate being difficult for you as a doctor?”
“How would you deal with a bad team member?”
“I read about your biochemistry research, and I am a PhD. I chose to pursue medicine through research, and I am wondering why you are not pursuing medicine through research, and pursuing it through being a physician instead?”
“lots of specific questions about my activities and experiences”
“What was a challenging moment during one of your service opportunities?”
“How would you deal with a colleague who is not during their job?”
“Tell me about an interesting clinical experience youve had”
“About one of the activities I had.”
“What is the last non-medicine-related book you read?”
“Through which experience have you made the biggest impact on your community?”
“Tell me about yourself and why you want to be a doctor?”
“What is your position on healthcare reform?”
“How have your experienced helped you understand the state of healthcare today?”
“What do you think you would like most about being a doctor? What would you dislike the most?”
“How can we encourage more physicians to practice in under-served areas?”
“Why should we accept you over other applicants?”
“What are some important qualities of a good physician?”
“Why do you want to be a doctor?”
“How will you deal/cope with seeing sick people?”
“Tell me about this experience, specifically what you learned from it?”
“What will you bring to the table?”
“”Is it better to follow the law or do what is right?””
“I wrote about not using a cookie-cutter approach in my teaching experiences, and they asked where I learned that.”
“What is something your mother would change about you?”
“Interviewer asked me to “break the news” to a patient”
“What suggestions do you have for improving health programs for inner city populations?”
“What three books would you bring to an island?”
“What do you think will be most rewarding/challenging about being a physician?”
“If you could do anything except practice medicine, what would you do?”
“After you leave the room, I am going to type up a recommendation to the committee. What should I absolutely include about you?”
“How have your experienced helped you understand the state of healthcare today?”
“What TV shows do you watch?”
“If you were stranded on a desert island, what three books would you bring with you?”
“What was my view of the US healthcare system and what I thought about if it was the right thing to do.”
“How would you deal with an angry patient?”
“What made you want to learn the ukulele? :)”
“Who has influenced your most during your path to medical school?”
“Are doctors role models? (the interview was very conversational, and this question developed within the conversational context)”
“”Tell me about a time when you failed to be empathetic?””
“When have you had to compromise with someone else?”
“What is the most pressing health issue today and how would you solve it?”
“What would you do if your mentor tells you “this isnt how you are supposed to do this, but everyone does it this way”?”
“What is something you would change about yourself right now? (Translates to “what are your weaknesses?”)”
“What are your suggestions for increasing doctors in underserved areas?”
“What are your three strenghts/three weaknesses?”
“What are three things you would want to change about yourself?”
“Nothing too difficult, very standard.”
“What is the greatest issue facing healthcare in the US today?”
“Why did you get your masters degree? (The question itself was very easy to answer, but my interviewer kept pushing the issue to apparently make sure my reasons were genuine)”
“No questions were overtly difficult.”
“Describe a time when you were criticized, and how did you take it?”
“Something along the lines of…. “Medicine focuses on teamwork, along with leadership, have you ever been involved in a team? Tell me about it””
“If you caught someone cheating on a test, what would you do?”
“You are going through medical school and you will be going through a life changing experiences along the way. How will you still be you?”
“What are some of your weaknesses?”
“What are some negative aspects of medicine?”
“Note- I did a summer research internship at VCU School of Medicine.. Why did you want to do a summer internship in Richmond, VA? Did you know anyone there? What made you want to just up and leave to Virginia?”
“Tell me about a time when you felt you truly connected with someone.”
“Give me an example of a time that you have worked in a group and interacted with people who were not good group workers”
“I researched my two interviewees the day before to create specific questions for them, practiced questions, researched the school.”
“Mock interviews, practice questions, researching the school”
“Mock interview, reviewed primary/ secondary applications, schools website”
“Studied my application and common interview questions”
“SDN, Read my App, looked over ethical issues”
“Read SDN interview feedback and website. The school website is super informative.”
“Just researched the school and read up on healthcare topics”
“Knew my application and researched the school thoroughly (their website, youtube channels, read sdn feedback)”
“Reading up on the schools values and comparing them to my own background. Going over standard med school interview questions. Get good night sleep the night before.”
“Practice questions and reading healthcare articles (both policy and ethics)”
“Made outlines of common questions. Practiced answering questions from the SDN interview feedback.”
“mock interview, practice questions, SDN”
“Practice interviewing in suit, SDN, school website”
“SDN, prep interview questions, look over school material.”
“Read through my application, surfed Oaklands website, went over potential interview questions.”
“SDN, AMCAS review, current events”
“Writing out my answers in outline format to common questions.”
“Looked up common interview questions”
“Kind staff, great location and high pass rates and good match data”
“The interviewers seemed genuinely interested in me and made me feel so calm talking to them.”
“Friendly admissions staff and interviewers”
“Beaumont is amazing, Oaklands campus was actually really nice, community feeling, a lot more diverse patient population then I was expecting… Just really an awesome experience”
“Student morale is extremely high”
“Beaumont Hospital tour, Student happiness, faculty friendliness”
“My first interviewer was very interested in me, my motivations, and my experiences. No out of the box or ethics questions!”
“Everybody was very nice and supporting.”
“The degree to which the admissions staff and students went to making you feel welcome and answering questions”
“Outstanding anatomy lab and facilities (all new – built in 2009), the culture of care for the whole person at the med school and Beaumont, the super supportive environment for students. Faculty do not do bench research, they only teach and do research related to medical education – so they are very committed to teaching and working with students.”
“The staff is so incredibly friendly. I really felt like they wanted me. Also, the school and hospital are gorgeous. The anatomy lab was awesome!”
“The friendliness of everybody there.”
“In short, everything. The campus and hospital are beautiful. The curriculum is novel. I love the community engagement aspect of the school.”
“Beaumont Hospital, Friendliness of admissions staff and faculty, Unique curriculum, Friendliness of students, Brand new facilities”
“The attentiveness of the admissions staff and the current students interest in the applicants.”
“OUWB seems genuinely interested in how their students do. They really try to put together a class that fits their values.”
“Beaumont. Amazing hospital. Along with the new (still under construction) facilities”
“The friendliness of all the faculty!”
“Admissions office, friendliness, the dean of the school, Beaumont hospital”
“The Beaumont Health System, the curriculum, the pleasantness of the staff.”
“friendliness of faculty, staff and students, facilities,”
“Emphasis on collaborative learning, curriculum”
“TBL, small class size, Beaumont”
“How friendly everybody was, the culture of the Medical School”
“The tour of Beaumont Hospital was great! Beautiful facilities there! Friendliness of EVERYONE! The TBL exercise!!!! It was a lot of fun and really demonstrated the benefits of having a TBL course!”
“Beaumont, Dean Folberg, the Rec Center, student-centered approach.”
“The friendliness of the admissions staff, and how invested they were in making the interview day a positive experience”
“The enthusiasm of the current students and the staff.”
“friendliness of staff. seriously, i would want these folks to be my profs”
“not pass/fail the first two years”
“How far Beaumont is from the Oakland campus. Was nearly a 30 minute bus ride”
“The hospital is 20-30 minutes away from campus”
“The snow! (school was closed so no campus tour), not able to have student host given exam schedule”
“I had to ask dozens of questions to my second interview to fill up time. She did not ask about my experiences but adhered to a list of interview questions.”
“The cold weather made the tours very interesting.”
“Absolutely nothing, except maybe the fact that it snows…”
“Dean couldnt make it to speak to us”
“OUWB is in a very suburban area, and the hospital is at least 20 minutes away from the school.”
“My second interviewer took almost no interest in my app. He asked me a series of canned questions, hardly acknowledging my responses.”
“My two interviews were basically back to back with no time to reflect/reevaluate after the first one”
“the long drive to royal oak and OU, the length of the interview day.”
“students who led the tour of the hospital kept getting lost…”
“New school, kinks need to be worked out”
“The school itself was pretty small…isolated campus.”
“That the teaching hospitals are located 20+ minutes away. That the med school is located on the undergrad campus.”
“Required class attendance, entertainment/culture surrounding the campus.”
“The length of the day.”
“How to use WebEx. During the introduction portion of the virtual interview, I expected my video to switch to the primary screen and it didnt. So I didnt know if my mike was on and I got very embarrassed.”
“Relax, its a very informal/stress-free interview day”
“There is A LOT of walking at the very end of the day”
“It was mostly what I expected.”
“How much I would LOVE this place”
“I never imagined I would love this school as much as I did. Makes my decision way harder!”
“That I would have to give a summary of my life to my fellow interviewees.”
“Renting a car without a reservation in advance is very expensive.”
“To expect the interviews to be more conversational and laid back”
“To relax, the interview was very relaxed, so everyone reading this please relax and just be yourself”
“Go to bed early the night before!”
“Weather was colder than I was expecting”
“How long the day would be (although, knowing this would probably make it worse). Everything was useful, though.”
“That there would be so much food!!!! That the TBL exercise would not affect your status/interview decision…”
“They mentioned tuition might increase over the next few years but “not to worry about that”?”
“That my interviewers were not going to have my grades or MCAT score.”
“how much free food there was gonna be. seriously, i almost went there for the free food”
“I loved my two interviewers. They made me feel so comfortable.”
“Very friendly staff and faculty, it seems that the school has a non-competitive and supportive atmosphere”
“Overall, incredible interview! Couldnt stop smiling throughout the day (and not just because smiling is highly recommended)”
“Low stress, very interviewee-oriented the entire day. Great day!”
“This is a great school. They emphasize service/humanity and were so helpful.”
“Seriously LOVED it. The curriculum is super cool – integrates clinical applications to the basic sciences early on. The students and faculty really care about each other and want you to succeed.”
“This must be the friendliest school on the face of the earth. Admissions staff, students, and doctors are proud of their new school and genuinely want you to be there.”
“Loved this school. I definitely recommend applying.”
“Loved this school. Will be matriculating here in the Fall!”
“Interview day was very enjoyable and well organized.”
“Would be very happy to attend if given the chance.”
“Fun interview day, pretty low stress.”
“Great school, great people, they are looking for people who will fit their mission and values, but most of all fit in with the personality of the school, so granted you were invited for an interview they obviously like you statistics, now just go in and show them who you are, and Im sure you will do fine, good luck to everyone interviewing here”
“Overall it was a fun experience. It was my first interview of the season, so I have nothing else to compare it to.”
“Long interview day, but needed to be to fit everything in :)”
“This school is going places. Dont worry about the TBL, its no big deal.”
“schools got a bright future”
Who was the tour given by?
“Make the interviews earlier in the day. Break up some of the lectures/overviews of the school”
“Maybe the OU tour should be earlier. We were all exhausted by the end of the day!”
“None. They were all great.”
“No other suggestions! Great job on interview day!”
“I very much enjoyed Dr. Folbergs address to the applicants, the breakfast, and photographer :)”
“Keep doing what youre doing!”
“Keep Ms. Grabowski as long as possible, She is extremely nice and awesome”
“Wonderful day! really made us feel at ease and welcome”
“Keep doing what youre doing.”
“Keep doing what youre doing. Its awesome!”
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