Cerner Corporation Mock Interview

Practice 35 Cerner interview questions covering healthcare IT systems, clinical workflows, and implementation challenges.

Question 24 of 35

How do you prioritize amid multiple deadlines?

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Kevin Downey

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.

Cerner places a lot of focus on workload management through its technology services, devices, and hardware. One of the issues they aim to solve is making multitasking more efficient by tackling the "quantity, pace, and complexity of the workload. Healthcare professionals are trying to do a lot of work as quickly as possible, but the brain isn't designed for multitasking. When people try to do more than one thing at a time, mistakes are inevitable." Your interviewer wants to know how you've tackled this issue in your professional development. Share how you establish priority with diligence and follow through on your tasks with speed and quality.

Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

"I will determine which project requires my attention by the number of hours we are behind and then the project size. I am comfortable delegating tasks when needed, but I am also aware that these times will require additional commitment hours from me. Never have I under-delivered on a deadline."

Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

"Assuming that the projects have different stakeholders, I interview each to determine the value of increased productivity, morale or revenue, decreased costs, and the overall impact."

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Although all projects are important, it's critical to understand which is the priority project and at what stage the plans are in. For example, if a project is behind schedule, then I would spend a bit more time to help the team to get back on track. It also depends on which project is critical to the customer organization.

Rachelle's Feedback

There are undoubtedly many factors that go into prioritization, and you do an excellent job showing the interviewer that you are aware of all moving parts.

Anonymous Answer

I think that it is important to understand which projects are most critical to the organization and your job, and important to prioritize carefully. Keeping a detailed calendar and staying focused can help you juggle many projects at once, but sometimes it's also important to know when to delegate so you have more time to focus on the key projects.

Rachelle's Feedback

Nice start! My recommendation is to swap the wording from 'You,' which removes you from the answer. Try using 'I' more consistently. I have provided an example below.

"When I have multiple projects due, I seek to understand which projects are most critical to the organization and my job. I ensure that those tasks rank as the highest priority. It is also important that I know when to delegate tasks, and to whom, to allow me the maximum amount of time to focus on critical projects. By keeping a detailed calendar and staying focused, I can juggle many projects at once."

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35Cerner Corporation Interview Questions & Answers

Discovery

1.If you could increase public awareness on any healthcare-related issue, which would you choose?

Experience

2.If you could improve your knowledge on any healthcare-related topic, which would you choose?

Compatibility

3.Why are you the best candidate for this position at Cerner?

Career Goals

4.Why is Cerner right for you at this point in your career?

Career Goals

5.What type of career growth would you like to achieve with Cerner Corporation?

Compatibility

6.What is the most important quality you possess as a healthcare professional?

Job Satisfaction

7.Working in healthcare is a very demanding career path. What keeps you motivated on the hardest days?

Education

8.Walk me through your education. Where did you struggle the most? Which courses were your favorite?

Competency

9.What do you feel we do best here at Cerner?

Compatibility

10.What do you know about the workplace culture at Cerner, and how does it match your ideal workplace environment?

Diligence

11.How do you stay up to date on new trends and breakthroughs in the healthcare industry? What's the greatest advancement in healthcare this year?

Accomplishment

12.What would you consider your greatest work-related accomplishment?

Problem Solving

13.In the healthcare industry, problems arise frequently. When a major problem arises, what is your first reaction?

Problem Solving

14.When have you been asked to perform a function or complete a task in which you had little to no experience?

Behavioral

15.Do you consider yourself a patient person, even in challenging situations?

Communication

16.Do you think it is possible to be a good team member yet disagree with a leader?

17.What is your greatest weakness?

Compatibility

18.What is your personal mission statement?

Leadership

19.When are your leadership skills the most effective?

Communication

20.Rate your communication skills.

Communication

21.How do you handle communicating bad news to a fellow worker or subordinate?

Career Goals

22.If you were unable to work in healthcare, what career would you pursue?

23.Do you think honesty is the best policy?

Problem Solving

24.How do you prioritize amid multiple deadlines?

Experience

25.How would your co-workers describe your attention to detail?

Salary

26.What are your salary expectations?

Problem Solving

27.What makes you a great problem solver?

Problem Solving

28.What challenges do you anticipate in this job? How will you overcome them?

Behavioral

29.Who inspires you and why?

Adaptability

30.How do you manage your time?

Diversity

31.What is your approach to working with those from different background than yours?

Teamwork

32.What does teamwork mean to you?

33.When was the last time you failed at something?

Behavioral

34.Tell me about yourself.

Adaptability

Cerner Corporation Mock Interview

How do you prioritize amid multiple deadlines?

35Cerner Corporation Interview Questions & Answers

1.If you could increase public awareness on any healthcare-related issue, which would you choose?

2.If you could improve your knowledge on any healthcare-related topic, which would you choose?

3.Why are you the best candidate for this position at Cerner?

4.Why is Cerner right for you at this point in your career?

5.What type of career growth would you like to achieve with Cerner Corporation?

6.What is the most important quality you possess as a healthcare professional?

7.Working in healthcare is a very demanding career path. What keeps you motivated on the hardest days?

8.Walk me through your education. Where did you struggle the most? Which courses were your favorite?

9.What do you feel we do best here at Cerner?

10.What do you know about the workplace culture at Cerner, and how does it match your ideal workplace environment?

11.How do you stay up to date on new trends and breakthroughs in the healthcare industry? What's the greatest advancement in healthcare this year?

12.What would you consider your greatest work-related accomplishment?

13.In the healthcare industry, problems arise frequently. When a major problem arises, what is your first reaction?

14.When have you been asked to perform a function or complete a task in which you had little to no experience?

15.Do you consider yourself a patient person, even in challenging situations?

16.Do you think it is possible to be a good team member yet disagree with a leader?

17.What is your greatest weakness?

18.What is your personal mission statement?

19.When are your leadership skills the most effective?

20.Rate your communication skills.

21.How do you handle communicating bad news to a fellow worker or subordinate?

22.If you were unable to work in healthcare, what career would you pursue?

23.Do you think honesty is the best policy?

24.How do you prioritize amid multiple deadlines?

25.How would your co-workers describe your attention to detail?

26.What are your salary expectations?

27.What makes you a great problem solver?

28.What challenges do you anticipate in this job? How will you overcome them?

29.Who inspires you and why?

30.How do you manage your time?

31.What is your approach to working with those from different background than yours?

32.What does teamwork mean to you?

33.When was the last time you failed at something?

34.Tell me about yourself.

35.Are you interested in working in any other locations?