If you could expand your knowledge and expertise in any area of your field, which would you choose?
According to their career site, UnitedHealth Group provides resources, mentoring, and training opportunities to staff to help them reach their highest potential. With over 400,000 employees worldwide, new opportunities are endless with the organization and your interviewer has a genuine curiosity about where you'd like to expand your knowledge and training in your field. Discuss how the areas you'd love to expand will help you further your career with UHG.
"Over my years in the social work field, I feel so fortunate to have gained so many great experiences and built a knowledge base that I feel would be very beneficial to UnitedHealth Group and your members. Looking at my future, I'd love to pursue more education in the administration side of managed care and have been thinking of pursuing a master's degree at some point. If I'm fortunate enough to join this team, I get the strong sense that leadership opportunities would be possible in the future for the right proven candidate and I want you to know that I would be willing to pursue an additional degree in the near future."
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Anonymous Answer
Well, there are two areas that need attention according to my research. First, tooth decay is the most common disease in the United States, which requires a daily and consistent care plan rather than an episodic care model. I would want to leverage my data and analytical capabilities to involve patients in their own treatment plans and help them visualize the change happening in their bodies.
Rachelle's Feedback
Very good answer! I like how specific you are :) It seems that you have a great deal of direction. Also, your enthusiasm for the industry shines through very well.
Anonymous Answer
I will choose to be an advocate for the patient. I have great experience and passion to work with patients and my dream is to continue to help many patients now with my educational knowledge. This is the reason and chooses UnitedHealth Group and would want to contribute to improving quality of life.
Chad's Feedback
Excellent! It is certainly admirable that you are passionate about supporting patients and championing their rights, and the interviewer will undoubtedly be impressed by your compassion. I have offered a slight rewording of your response below to ensure it directly addresses the question.
If I could expand my knowledge in any healthcare service area, it would definitely be patient advocacy. I have a strong passion to work with patients and contribute to improving their quality of life. My dream is to continue to help as many patients as possible by applying my educational knowledge, and past experience, to championing patients' rights. This is the reason I have chosen to apply to UnitedHealth Group.
Anonymous Answer
If I could expand my knowledge in any healthcare service I would choose an area that has the most impact on patients' lives. This is one of the reasons why I have applied to work with UHG. I feel that your focus will be the perfect fit for my long-term career goals as an RN.
Amanda's Feedback
This is a positive start. Improve your response by sharing the specific healthcare service area that you feel most significantly impacts patient lives and why. If you've taken steps to enhance your expertise in that specific area, share what you've done to grow in knowledge.
Anonymous Answer
I would expand my knowledge and expertise in the health and wellness and disease management area of my field. Being able to help employers come up with programs that help save them money by helping the employees become more aware of their health and wellbeing.
Marcie's Feedback
That sounds interesting! Why does this interest you? Do you have any past experience in this area? Remember to explain further why you would choose this part of the field to learn more about so your answer resonates with the interviewer. Nice job!
Anonymous Answer
While I have some experience in data privacy, that will be a key area related to this position and is an area I would seek to expand my knowledge on immediately if given this opportunity. I did some work around data privacy to update contract forms and worked with a consultant on this and find it a very interesting area.
Marcie's Feedback
Nice! This is a great answer because it conveys your genuine interest in an aspect of your field where you have less experience. Can you talk a bit more about some ways in which you envision yourself gaining more knowledge in this area?
Anonymous Answer
If I could expand my knowledge and expertise in any part of my career, I would focus on patient care experience and safety. I am a died hard believer in improved patient safety practices, patient adherence to medical advice, better clinical outcome, etc.
Jaymie's Feedback
Your passion really comes through in your response. Great job!
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