The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Kaiser Permanente (Pleasanton, CA) in Feb 2010
Interview
My first interview was a phone interview with an HR manager in January. Second interview was a 1:1 with the hiring manager a week later. Waited 1 month and was contacted by another HR person for a third 1:1 interview with the hiring manager and his boss. The interview went well and I was contacted a week later by yet another HR person and presented with an offer over the phone, which I accepted. I waited another 30 days without any more information. I then saw that the job had been re-posted to the KP job site so I contacted the hiring manager who assured me that I was still in the process of being hired. No background check was started yet or offer letter sent. After 55 days of waiting I contacted the person in charge of the Human Resources dept in Georgia. I was finally contacted by yet another HR person who told me that my rec # (???) had been dropped because of a budget problem in the IT department. Kaiser HR is a disgrace. Even if offered a job there I would think twice about taking it. The organization is a huge mess.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Kaiser Permanente in Dec 2009
Interview
I applied for the position online, a few weeks later I received communication from the company for an interview. Arrangements were made by me to come out to Northern California (Kaiser reimbursed me later). My interview was for one day, I visited the clinic/medical offices. I had interview with 3 department chairs, lunch with other physician in the group.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was no difficult questions, very straight forward.