The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Stryker in Jan 2009
Interview
Overall, I feel that Stryker is a cold company. They are only concerned about sales, sales, sales, and will chew you up and spit you out without a second thought. Could be one reason the company has impressive growth. I'm not necessarily knocking it; that particular culture works for them.
Stryker says they don't hire resumes or experience, but rather personalities. I'm not sure. I was inexperienced in the industry but had other sales experience. At the time I believe they simply had far too many qualified applicants with many years of industry experience for each open position.
Overall, the interviewer was ice-cold and I'm almost certain she was only doing my father, a Stryker client, a courtesy.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Stryker (Minneapolis, MN) in Mar 2015
Interview
Call from an HR Woman and was asked questions for about 20 minutes. She was very nice but strict. When it was time that she finished asking the questions, and I was able to ask her questions, she became very serious and let me know who was on top of the medical device world. she emphasized so much that Stryker doesn't mess around, and if you're not winning… you're done.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How much time would you spend with new customers vs. old customers?
I applied through other source. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Stryker (Memphis, TN) in June 2012
Interview
Was referred by a local physician and customer of Stryker. Initial phone discussion was with local sales rep covering the accounts. Face to face interview was scheduled for a Friday afternoon at 4:30 at the Peabody hotel in downtown Memphis. Interview was conducted in the lobby with about 100 guests and tourists crowded around to see the Duck March. Regional Manager was supposed to be present, but he caught an early flight leaving the sales rep to do the interview. The sales rep was dressed in sweat pants, a T-shirt, and tennis shoes (because he had "been in cases all day"). The interview was basically him reading questions from a sheet and having to yell them to me because of the noise in the hotel lobby. I was neither impressed with the process or the results of my time with him.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about my relationship with the physician who referred me for the job and if I thought our friendship might help me secure more business in the account.