Career Moves · Part 1

Value for Money

A category manager interview: three panellists, the same questions for every candidate, and a score sheet you can't see.

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Everything here is fictional. Eastgate Health, its policy and every person and figure in this scenario are invented for training. General information, not legal or professional advice.

Career Moves · about 15 minutes · Part 1

Value for Money

You're a senior buyer with four years' experience, applying for your first category manager role: Category Manager, Clinical Consumables, at Eastgate Health, a state health service.

The category is A$14m a year, and every item ends up in a patient's care. The interview is a structured panel: three people, the same questions for every candidate, each answer scored 1 to 5. Then a scenario question.

The panel

The chairDirector of Procurement

The Finance DirectorSits in for the CFO

The clinical directorRuns clinical services

The interviewIn four days, 10am

You'll prepare, answer three questions, handle the scenario question, and close. Three meters: Value (the value for patients and the organisation your answers show), Standing and Risk (the governance risk your answers signal; lower is better). You'll see the panel's pens move. You won't see the numbers until the end.

Everything here is fictional. Eastgate Health, its policy and every person and figure in this scenario are invented for training. General information, not legal or professional advice.

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