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Updated Feb 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Associate Medical Director at Pfizer
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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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 Mar 2010 (took 4 weeks)
Referred by employee. Contacted by manager. Invited for interview. Interview was almost a full day with mostly panel interviews, but 1:1 meeting with manager. Phone interview with VP a few days later. Follow up e-mails and calls with HR. Offer extended verbally by manager, and then in writing via e-mail. Workplace appeared collegial and professional.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Able to negotiate. Make reasonable requests.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Procurement Analyst (Contractor) at Pfizer
Posted Feb 6, 2012
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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 Oct 2010 (took 4 weeks)
I was contacted by an outside agency for a contract position. I had a phone interview with the hiring manager and then a 1:1 interview wit the hiring manager.
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Director at Pfizer
Posted Jan 17, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 (took 3 months)
months went by between interview and offer letter
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online.
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No
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Quality Control at Pfizer
Posted Jan 17, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Lincoln, NE (took a day)
This was a pretty easy interview. My interviews were laid back and easy to talk to. They also seemed to care about their employees. My interview consisted of meeting with two supervisors and they asked questions about my qualifications. I also asked them my questions about the position and then they took me on a tour of the labs.
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
I got a better job offer somewhere else.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Sales - Hospital at Pfizer
Posted Nov 16, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2011 in Indianapolis, IN (took 2 days)
I interviewed with Pfizer this week. The manager received my resume from me applying online for the position. I previously worked for Pfizer for more than 10 years and was excited about the opportunity of coming back due to being downsized in 2009.
The interview was with the hiring district sales manager and a senior representative. They had a list of questions they mainly worked off of and put in some of their own. One of the questions they asked was if you could have dinner with 6 people dead, alive or in the future, who would each of the 6 be and why? The other questions they asked were all situation....except the hiring DM asked me what year I graduated from college and how long I lived in the city I was living in. I felt a more appropriate question should have been - do you have a college degree. Does an interview really have to know the year? Or do they do this just to figure out how old you are? I just found it to be not appropriate at all.
I did appreciate though the hiring DM did not leave me hanging and called me the next day to say he decided to go with another candidate for the position. I do have a couple other opportunities I am interviewing for and 1 offer on the way so I appreciated not wondering long if they were going to pursue me. At the time of the interview the hiring manager did tell me to block a certain day for a follow up interview, then expect an offer after that. So with him being so positive I was expecting good news, but at the end of the day - how do you really know what they are looking for?
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Manager at Pfizer
Posted Nov 13, 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 Oct 2011 (took 2+ weeks)
Phone screen led to 1:1 interview. Everything was conducted in a timely, professional manner. Asked about background as well as strengths/weaknesses types of questions.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Principal Scientist at Pfizer
Posted Oct 24, 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 2011 in Cambridge, MA (took a day)
The communications and the organization of the interview was excellent. I received a packet about Pfizer and the interview schedule. Pfizer also booked the hotel for my stay. People were friendly, both during the presentation and during the interview. Overall, a good experience, would have been better if I had been offered the job!
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Engineer at Pfizer
Posted Oct 15, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 (took 2 weeks)
Sat with 6 different people on a one-to-one interview. Then invited back to interview with 3 other people. Questions were describe your strength/weaknesses, asking questions about my previous experiences, describe a time when you worked with someone difficult, and other questions of that nature.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Information Technology Intern at Pfizer
Posted Oct 18, 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 May 2011 in Peapack, NJ (took 2 weeks)
2 phone interviews- 1 behavourial and 1 technical by the manager. Explain projects in the resume
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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R & D at Pfizer
Posted Sep 26, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Groton, CT (took a day)
Everything went very smoothly and the process was actually very quick for such a large company. There was some time between negotiating and the written job offer arriving, but there was a great deal of new employees from the Wyeth take over so HR was quite busy.
Negotiation Details
Negotiation was done through Pfizer's HR department, and was a comfortable process. Ultimately they want you to be happy and work within a range, so its not unheard of to ask for a sign on bonus or to be closer to the median of your job's salary range.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
Helpful Interview?
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