Wisconsin Department of Health Services Interview Questions
& Process

After reviewing applications, they send an email to invite you for an interview. Depending on the role, there might be multiple interviews, but the first one is pretty structured and asks general questions. You get a set amount of time for each question. They give you the questions when you arrive and you have 10-15 minutes to get ready.

there was like 30 days of radio silence between when I applied and when they asked me to do a recorded interview, which is wild because there was no human contact at all. But then, after that, they were super fast about scheduling a second interview on Zoom, like demanding it be done in 3 days, which I thought was totally unrealistic. The interviewers were stuck to their script and couldn't ask follow-ups, making it really awkward. After that, I heard nothing for like 60 days. I get that government jobs can be slow, but seriously?

I interviewed twice for this job. The first interview was quick and just checked if I met the basic requirements. The second interview was a week later and was a three-person panel conducted over the phone. Two of the interviewers were from the first interview, and there was one new person. They asked questions about the required experience. I felt good about it. I didn't hear back though, even after sending a thank you note to the panel. They had said offers would go out in two weeks. I followed up a month later and got no response. Two weeks after that, I followed up again and was told a decision hadn't been made. Then, two days later, I was told I didn't get the job. I'm not sure why they waited so long to tell me, especially since I had the direct experience they wanted and have worked in state service for years. They didn't ask for references or do a background check, so they must have known quickly I wasn't the one. This has never happened to me in all my years in state service.

I was told ahead of time I'd get the interview questions 30 minutes before, but they actually sent them 10 minutes prior even after I emailed them. The interview itself was okay. One interviewer seemed uninterested and didn't show her face. At the very start, they mentioned they hadn't looked at my resume or letter of qualification, so I'd have to cover all that during the interview. The questions weren't hard and actually let me talk about what I'm qualified for. They said I'd hear back the next week about whether I got the job or not, but I didn't get any word until over a month later, which was really annoying.