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I was asked the following questions: 1) What do you know about NorthShore? 2) Are you familiar with the HIPPA laws? Do you understand them? 3) How would you search for specific data? 4) Do you have experience with inventory? 5) How good are you at Excel? 6) I was shown a series of pages with pie and graph charts and asked if I could read it and what information I could tell from it. 7) I was asked what I might add to or change to make this chart/graph most informative 8) Name 3 of your biggest weaknesses 9) Name 3 of your greatest strengths 10)What 3 positive things would your co-workers say about you? 11) What 3 negative things would your co-workers say about you? 12) Do you have any appointments in the next 6 months? 13) How much do you expect to get paid? (!!! I hate this question !!!) It should be illegal to advertise a position without posting the salary range. ANSWER: For this question I low-balled it and came in at $39k - $42k and I was told that I was in the ballpark.
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Purchasing Assistant/Data Specialist

Interviewed at NorthShore Health Centers

2.8★
Mar 4, 2015

I was asked the following questions: 1) What do you know about NorthShore? 2) Are you familiar with the HIPPA laws? Do you understand them? 3) How would you search for specific data? 4) Do you have experience with inventory? 5) How good are you at Excel? 6) I was shown a series of pages with pie and graph charts and asked if I could read it and what information I could tell from it. 7) I was asked what I might add to or change to make this chart/graph most informative 8) Name 3 of your biggest weaknesses 9) Name 3 of your greatest strengths 10)What 3 positive things would your co-workers say about you? 11) What 3 negative things would your co-workers say about you? 12) Do you have any appointments in the next 6 months? 13) How much do you expect to get paid? (!!! I hate this question !!!) It should be illegal to advertise a position without posting the salary range. ANSWER: For this question I low-balled it and came in at $39k - $42k and I was told that I was in the ballpark.

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