I interviewed at DaVita twice over a 10-month period. The first time was a telephone interview. The person was nice but I never heard back from them and they never returned my phone calls. Even the recruiter wouldn't return my phone calls. The second time was a face-to-face interview. About 15 minutes into the interview the hiring manager said I wasn't qualified for the job and the interview was over. They could have told me that over the phone and saved me a trip to downtown Denver. Both of the positions were temporary contract jobs. One question I wanted to ask them, but didn't, was why they were hiring contractors instead of permanent employees for project manager positions. Both hiring managers portrayed DaVita as this "touchy, feely community" where everybody is committed to the organization, and everyone hugs each other and likes each other. If that were the case, then why were they hiring contractors to manage their projects?

The hiring process was absolutely horrible. At the start of the process the hiring manager explicitly told me that they were extremely interested in my experience and would like to push me through the next 5 interviews as quickly as possible. I explained I had vacation the following week and hesitantly agreed to set up very early morning interviews while I was on vacation. One of the interviews during my vacation was scheduled incorrectly with the wrong Webex link and was cancelled after I already woke up at 5 am to join the meeting. After the final case study I was told that they were very interested and just had to reschedule the cancelled interview to please HR. We rescheduled that interview and was once again told how excited they were about my experience and that I should expect a call Friday regarding the position. I received a call on Friday afternoon with a request to schedule a meeting to discuss the position. I scheduled the meeting with the recruiter for later Friday morning, where I joined only to find out that it wasn’t a meeting for a job offer but to be told I was not receiving an offer. Who schedules a meeting to invite someone to tell them they didn’t get a job? If rushing applicants through the process with no respect to their schedule and breaking bad news the way they did is how they operate, then I wonder how horrible they treat their employees and patients. Overall I am glad I did not get an offer after my experience.