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Updated May 9, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Very Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Sep 2009 in Philadelphia, PA (took a day)

Very easy going, mostly behavioral. Applied online from www.gsk.com and then 2-3 months later got a call from the manager. Manager was very nice and asked very straight forward questions. Listening is key.

Interview Questions

Describe a time when you had to work in a team.

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Describe a time when you had to meet a deadline.

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Negotiation Details

No negotiation. Pay is VERY fair.

Other Details

The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2008 (took 2+ weeks)

Political

Interview Questions

How would you handle particular situations?

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Dec 2009 in Raleigh, NC (took a day)

I got a phone call from the manager to schedule an onsite interview. Onsite, the interview was mostly behavioral, things like how did you handle such and such situation in your previous projects etc.

Interview Questions

How would you handle such and such situation?

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Sep 2008 (took 5 days)

After submission of online application, I received a phone call from the HR department to set up a face to face interview. On-site interview was with 2 individuals (person from HR and person from department of job opening). A follow-up interview with another person (higher-level management) was then conducted a couple of days after the first interview.

Interview Questions

State the areas of improvement that you have from a professional stand point.

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I Applied Online.

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1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2008 (took 4 days)

I was great and easy some questions and what i not know the have a script but it did not felt like that at all! great easy and simple

Interview Questions

what is the negative aspect of you that you have to improve

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Negotiation Details

Easy

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2009 in Manila, City of Manila (Philippines) (took 1 week)

I applied online, then I received a call from an HR Representative asking me to schedule an interview. I got to the GSK office, where I was interviewed by the HR Manager. Interview lasted for only 20 minutes. After the interview, I received a text message in 3 days saying I was hired in Marketing. I confirmed the next day.

Interview Questions

Describe a time when you had to work with an unproductive group mate.

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What was the last thing you did to improve yourself?

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Apr 2008 in Philadelphia, PA (took a day)

It was all pretty easy. They called me up and asked me to pretty much sell myself. I 'm pretty good at doing that so it went well. Some of the questions they asked me were pretty random like "If you could be any brand of cereal, which brand would you be?" I thought it was a joke, so I treated it like a joke. Something must have went right because I got offered the internship.

Interview Questions

"If you could be any brand of cereal, currently on the market, which brand would you be and why?"

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Negotiation Details

None. Interns are not allowed to negotiate- you take what they offer.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Personality Test.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2008 (took a day)

I was called in by HR for a 1:1 interview with a senior validation officer, and the validation manager. I was mostly asked questions about QA and Validation. I was also asked questions about my previous job experience and the reason why I left my previous job.

Interview Questions

Given a situation where I have many obstructions to what I am going to implement, what would I do.

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 (took a day)

Intial phone interview occured approx. 2 weeks after submitting job application. Invited for an in-person interview a couple of days after that. The in-person interview was a panel interview with a behavioral question format. All of the interviewers were very friendly and easy to talk to. Following the panel, shadowing of a current employee occurred, and, likewise, I found him to be very friendly. Slightly over 2 weeks after the in person interview, decisions were made and I was notified.

Interview Questions

Describe a situation where you were under high pressure to meet demands.

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Describe a situation where you had to relay an unpopular message from the higher ups.

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jun 2008 (took a day)

Behavioral Interviews - So called high performance behaviors. You will answer multiple questions such as "Tell us about a time when X was bad and you did Y to change it - what did you do and what was the result"

You will know if you got the job before they start asking questions. You will know if they are soft-pitching you. I've interviewed for multiple internal jobs and before the interview they're either your best buddy or they don't know you. Usually you're interviewing just to prove you're not an idiot.

Beware - if you are liked, there is a tendency to oversell the job - tell you that you will be the "Global Strategic Intergalactic Associate Director of International Business" and so on. Ask GSK questions, specific questions about the job. Or you may be frustrated.