I had a phone interview where I was asked a couple of behavioral questions and questions on my background. I then had the chance to ask more questions about the rotational program. That interview lasted 30 minutes. I didn't get the best feel with the person I interviewed with. They even laughed at the fact I was interested in pursuing a CMA with my CPA. It seemed like they didn't have the best support with studying needs because she said that it would be hard to study for CMA while I'm doing this rotational program. She didn't say it that direct but said hinted that for each rotation it's unclear how busy you would be and the feasibility of studying.
After that interview, I got selected for the next step in the process. This was the Gallup Interview. This is an hour long interview. You should feel grilled. Gallup Organization is an 3rd party HR firm who will essentially profile you to see if you're similar to the executives at Stryker. That already gave me a red flag because they may not be looking for the best person, but one that fits the company culture which may need some changing, you never know. That interview though is the hardest interview and there really is no way to prepare for it. They ask you simple questions where you just respond Yes or No to sentences that are descriptive of you or how well those descriptions fit you. But they have questions where they want you to illustrate off of that and I thought the questions were so unique that you can't prepare for it. It's disappointing too because my gut responses really weren't the best responses, and frankly weren't me. It's hard to give a fair response immediately when it comes to why you do things. Just today, I rethought one of the questions and I would have answered it differently to give a more accurate representation of me. All in all, I felt like the interview as a whole was unfair because I thought the questions were so difficult that it really didn't display my personality. They may say that their questions are to gauge your natural talents, but people can BS the questions, and also I answered the questions in a manner that wasn't true to me, but I didn't realize it until after the fact.
I then followed up with two of the HR people and asked if there was any specifics on why I wasn't a good fit, or if there was any feedback for me to improve my interview skills in the future. They both provided me the same boiler-plate response with no real feedback or decision why they did not move forward in the interview process. The response felt condescending too.
I think Stryker should deviate away from this Gallup interview and have a chance to let your personality show in questions and the interview process as a whole. They said I'm not a good fit, but I don't think they know me or have an accurate depiction of me. I think they should have a more robust, in-house HR process where they can give feedback and results to candidates. That means being candid with them. I felt like this whole interview process was the worst from all the other places I interviewed at this recruiting season.