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Grants Administrator, Budgeting & Reporting

Interviewed at Clinton Health Access Initiative

3.8
May 25, 2018

-How confident do you feel with excel? What things do you know about excel? -How much money did you manage in your last role? What was it used for? -How do you maintain communication with staff around the world? -What is one challenge you overcame in your last role and what did you learn from it?

The Director - the last interview I had. I told him it had taken me about 70 hours to write one of the sample proposals I brought (20 written pages; about 100 pages with all attachments, appendices, and annexes). He said "Well I thought you said you were quick" in a challenging taunting way.
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Grant Writer

Interviewed at NextEra Energy, Inc.

3.8
Sep 18, 2013

The Director - the last interview I had. I told him it had taken me about 70 hours to write one of the sample proposals I brought (20 written pages; about 100 pages with all attachments, appendices, and annexes). He said "Well I thought you said you were quick" in a challenging taunting way.

Although they expressed willingness to negotiate salary, the CEO seemed offended when I offered to accept a lower salary in exchange for a more flexible vacation and sick leave option. Two accrued vacation time for a leadership position is not a great recruitment strategy. They did ask me why I was willing to take a step down from executive leadership to a Development Director position.
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Director%2C Grants %26 Community Engagement

Interviewed at Judson Center

3.4
Apr 14, 2025

Although they expressed willingness to negotiate salary, the CEO seemed offended when I offered to accept a lower salary in exchange for a more flexible vacation and sick leave option. Two accrued vacation time for a leadership position is not a great recruitment strategy. They did ask me why I was willing to take a step down from executive leadership to a Development Director position.

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