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Updated May 1, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Young Graduate Program at GSK Biologicals
Posted May 1, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 (took 4+ weeks)
The phone interview lasted for 30 minutes and contained the classic HR questions..
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Vaccine Graduate Progamme at GSK Biologicals
Posted Apr 8, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Singapore (Singapore) (took 3 days)
Application to the Vaccine programme was made online.
Thereafter, a third party recruitment agency would contact you (uninformed), for an immediate phone interview. You can waive it off to a later timing (within the same day) by saying that you can't take the call at the moment, but generally you won't be allowed much time to prepare. Not much preparation needed anyway as it's more behavioral questions. I had 4, of which I'll try to remember the questions in the exact order.
1. What motivates and drives you?
2. Describe a time where you had to be innovative to deal with a particular problem, what were the consequences of not dealing with that problem, what you did, what was the outcome.
3. Describe a time where you had to work with someone difficult. How did you handle the situation?
4. Can't remember exactly what question I had but you get the drift, it's basically about yourself and your life experiences.
If you succeed at the phone interview you would be called back for what I call D-Day. It's 3 assessments in a single day, which consists of firstly another behavioral interview (I did not get any technical questions about vaccines, pharmaceuticals etc, and neither did I get any questions from my resume), a group discussion activity and finally, a 15 minute presentation.
Interview process is roughly similar to the phone interview as mentioned above. Here they will ask you for specific examples to back up your generalistic comments about your own character and attributes etc. There is no right or wrong answer, just be specific and clear and try to be short and sweet.
For the group activity, we were split into groups of 3/4 and given a case to tackle. It is mostly discussion based, 30 minutes, and throughout the process assessors are on hand to watch us but they do not get involved.
The first two I would say are generally manageable. The presentation was the key for me I felt. We were given roughly 5 days to prepare a 15 minute presentation with maximum 10 slides, about the 'future of the vaccine industry and further developments'. Pretty technical stuff, I would say and for someone who has had little or no exposure to the specifics of the industry it was pretty hard work. What I would say is this, GSK actually provides a brief outline of what they 'expect' to see throughout the presentation, and try to cater your presentation to address those requirements. These people are definitely going to be more knowledgeable than you and I felt that it wasn't worth allocating precious time telling them what they already knew. Instead, focus a little more on the business side of the vaccine industry, how you envision the market to unfold in the future, where you think the potential for development lies, where you think GSK will stand in the future and why. A final piece of advice, stay cool, stay calm, and whatever they throw at you, know that they know you don't know everything. Be confident in relaying what you do. Too often people are stumped by what they don't know and fail to leverage on what they know.
Am awaiting a reply from them and will get wind of news within this week. Wish me luck!
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Stability Coordinator at GSK Biologicals
Posted Mar 6, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took a day)
The interview started with phone interview with HR personnel, then 1 hr interview with hiring manger and key staff members in group/panel setting. Even though I was informed that the interview was formal, I felt the interview was set up fro screening.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Business Integration Manager at GSK Biologicals
Posted Nov 8, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 3 days)
I was interviewed in a face to face way informally over a few lunches, It was all a little unstructured, as I was hired on a recommendation. I was then passed in front of my bosses N+1 in a very informal way, and she did not seem to really approve.
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Negotiation Details
Very weak, as I was told what to charge and to increase my rate!
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Esprit Program at GSK Biologicals
Posted Jan 16, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in New York, NY (took 2 days)
Phone interview for the first two rounds, and then they give me an interview face to face by HR. After I came back, the arranged another interview with the M&A director by phone, which was the last round and I was refused
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Research Associate at GSK Biologicals
Posted Jun 9, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2008 (took a day)
phone cal was not as easy as face to face interview. Especially when you don't know whom you are talking with, since you don't see his or her face. sometimes you could not judge by gestures. Voice is not as much informative as talk directly. Only good thing is that you could have lots of information ready in front of you, and you don't need to dress up well.
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