i have a first-round screen next week for a senior financial analyst role at Optum and i'm trying to get a sense of what the current process actually looks like.
specifically curious about: how many rounds total and how spread out whether they ask case-style questions or pure behavioral what the panel composition usually is how strict they are about STAR format
also curious if anyone has done the UHC side (insurance operations, finance, actuarial adjacent) recently vs pure Optum tech-side. my sense is they're pretty different cultures but i could be wrong.
drop your loop below if you've been through it in the last 6 months. current info only, stuff from 2023 seems to be stale.
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ops_omar
did a biz ops role on the UHC side in Q1. 4 rounds: HR screen, HM, skip-level, and a peer panel. no case questions, all behavioral. they really liked examples where you pushed back on a bad process and improved it. 'drive for results' is a real competency they score you on.
analyst_ana
finance analyst interview at UHG corporate (not Optum) last fall. it was 3 rounds and very behavioral. they asked about a time i had to explain a complex financial concept to a non-finance audience, which came up twice across two different interviewers. have a solid answer for that one ready.
finance_faye
really helpful, thank you. the 'explain to non-finance audience' angle makes sense given how cross-functional they seem to operate. adding that to my prep list.
corp_refugee
just a flag: Optum and UHC run pretty separate hiring processes. if your role is classified under Optum, the culture is more tech-company-ish. UHC proper feels more like a traditional insurance/corp org. both use the same competency framework on paper but the vibe in the room is different.