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Updated Jan 28, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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SAP Administrator at GlaxoSmithKline
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Durham, NC (took a day)
I recently interviewed with GSK for an SAP position in RTP. Everything that I experienced leading up to the interview was positive. The actual technical phone interview itself left a lot to be desired. First, the interviewer was late, which wasn't so bad. However, the questions he asked were more for knowledge testing ("what is") rather than to determine skill level ("how"). Further, the interviewer was expecting answers that were very close, if not verbatim to SAP's definitions. In my humble opinion, this type of interview strategy is inappropriate when you are looking to hire mid to senior level people. To make matters worse, the interviewer had a propensity to cut me off while I was still speaking. When I asked about the job responsibilities, his smug response gave me an impression that the work would be toxic and inflexible toward employees. I had previously researched GSK on this site and saw that the reviews weren't all good. This reminded me of another Fortune 500 client I worked for that I'm glad to be out of. I don't want to be going through another revolving door so I will not be continuing with their hiring process. An unsolicited advice to GSK: have another technical interviewer sit through the calls.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Purchasing Intern at GlaxoSmithKline
Posted Dec 29, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took a day)
Easy 30 minute interview for round 1. Was flown out to Philly for a full day "Assessment Centre". First had a night time overview of the company and position, followed by 7am-5pm interview process the next day. Included role playing exit interview, case study and presentation, written work, 1on1 interview, group presentation. Very difficult and exhausting.
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Scientist at GlaxoSmithKline
Posted Nov 23, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 2 months)
Applied online at gsk.com. Was contacted several weeks later by team manager and did a phone interview. Next week I was contacted to set up a onsite interview. Onsite interview consisted of 3 1on1 interviews and then a lunch with the group. Following week had a phone interview with HR. Week later same HR rep offered the job. Overall an awesome process. Everyone was so nice and made you feel that you were a true candidate.
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Negotiation Details
Did not negotiated. Job offer was fair and I'm 6 months out of grad school.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Associate General Counsel at GlaxoSmithKline
Posted Nov 14, 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 Feb 2011 in Research Triangle Park, NC (took 2 months)
Was contacted by a recruiter for one position. Went and had a half day interview with several people. Then received a call from the recruiter about another open position, even though I was still under consideration for the first position. Had another half day interview and lunch with several different people. Didn't hear for weeks, but then finally received a form email rejection that did not clarify whether I was not selected for one or both jobs. I had to email the recruiter to determine I was not selected for either position. The two groups had different feelings (one seemed a little more fun than the other), but overall it was a pretty straightlaced, quiet environment. I think they were still reeling from a recent lawsuit where one of the group members had been charged with criminal offenses (which were eventually dropped).
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Government at GlaxoSmithKline
Posted Oct 12, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 2 weeks)
I applied through the standard application process. One month later, I was contacted for a phone interview which I believed to have gone very well. The questions were mainly background related, yet very relevant for the position for which I had applied. There are two things that happened during the actual interview, however, which became the deciding factor for my grading my experience as a negative one. During the start of the interview, and unrelated to anything in particular, the hiring manager stated that he worked directly for the company, and not for an outsourcing agency. In addition, he mentioned that he had worked for GSK for a number of years (as a candidate, I failed to find how any of this was at all relevant to the hiring process). After making this statement, he proceeded to ask me relevant questions about my employment history, reasons for wanting to work at GSK, and my plans for the future. This portion of the phone interview took roughly 2/3 of the entire 20 minute phone interview. At closing, the hiring manager assured me (for a total of 3 times) that I would receive a response from him on a specific date the following week - all due to the hiring manager's schedule and the painstakingly long hiring process with reaching out to the director in charge of filling this position for his/her department. Other than the fact that this was repeated to me 3 times, I felt that the waiting period was completely normal, and nothing more to think about. Well, two days prior to the specific date mentioned, I received an automated rejection e-mail stating that after careful consideration, GSK was no longer reviewing my application. While I found the prompt response helpful, I couldn't help but feel as though the hiring manager was feeding me a lot of useless filler during the interview a week before. Due to the unexpected and impersonal nature of the response, I was left wondering whether they even recalled having a phone interview with me the week before.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at GlaxoSmithKline
Posted Oct 13, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took 1 week)
Had a phone screen. Personal interview with HR and Presentation with team. Drug test. Very thorough Background check.Had a phone screen. Personal interview with HR and Presentation with team. Drug test. Very thorough Background check.Had a phone screen. Personal interview with HR and Presentation with team. Drug test. Very thorough Background check.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Associate Scientist at GlaxoSmithKline
Posted Sep 20, 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 Jun 2011 in Collegeville, PA (took a day)
Interviewed by 6 PhD's in a panel interview. The interview lasted about an hour and consisted of mainly discussing my past research and the research that the PTS group was involved in. Only a few of the general interview questions were asked.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Vaccine Manufacturer at GlaxoSmithKline
Posted May 5, 2011
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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 Mar 2011 (took 4 weeks)
Very comfortable and straight forward interview. Almost entirely competency based.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Intern at GlaxoSmithKline
Posted Apr 16, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took a day)
I applied online in march when many intern positions came online. Out of the few that I applied for, I only heard back from 1 and was asked to set up a time for a phone interview. Being that I was not in the local area, but still in school, I didn't have to go in for a one on one interview, but they might require that normally. One week later, I got an offer.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Biology at GlaxoSmithKline
Posted Mar 29, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 2 days)
Plans in 5years?
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What can you do for GSK?
Tell me about the company
Negotiation Details
No theydon'tnegotiate
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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