I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pfizer (San Diego, CA) in Jun 2012
Interview
Phone interview was fairly standard: tell me about yourself, what are your skills and experience, why did you leave your last job. In-person interview was decidedly prosecutorial. They tried to find a narrow area in which I had little experience then asked many obscure questions about that area, as if they were trying to prove to themselves I was unqualified for the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Since this was a drug metabolism job, they asked if I knew which drug metabolizing enzymes acted on a particular drug. This is something that's easy to look up but you probably wouldn't know unless you had worked with that drug. I didn't know off the top of my head.
Mostly technical questions, so be sure to review relevant concepts and prepare thoroughly before the interview. The interviewers were friendly, approachable, and professional, creating a comfortable atmosphere throughout the discussion process.
After applying for the position, an internal recruiter reached out. It was a 30-minute phone call.
The next step was the interview with the hiring manager and this was done via video call.
It took about a month to go through this process.
The interview process was smooth but had to wait almost two months for their response.
Dinner on the previous night with the current employees to get to know and ask about causal questions and onsite interview including scientific presentation and 1-on-1 interviews for the rest of the day.
