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Takeda Pharmaceutical Interview Questions & Reviews
Getting the Interview 17 Interviews
Interview Experience 14 Ratings
Pharmaceuticals Sales Representative at Takeda Pharmaceutical
Accepted Offer – Reviewed May 2, 2013
Interview Details – Very hard interview, need to do your homework
Interview Question – none really typical interview, study hard Answer Question
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Director at Takeda Pharmaceutical
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Mar 24, 2013
Interview Details – very efficient, fast, good recruiting process
Interview Question – what changes would implement if you join the company Answer Question
Negotiation Details – fair
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Regulatory Associate at Takeda Pharmaceutical
No Offer – Interviewed in Deerfield, IL Sep 2011 – Reviewed Feb 27, 2013
Interview Details – The process was straight forward. They interviewed me on the phone and then brought me in for a face to face interview but unlike other interviews, only one person interviewed me.
Interview Question – Do you have experience with FDA meetings. View Answer
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Pharmaceutical Sales Representative at Takeda Pharmaceutical
No Offer – Interviewed in Jan 2013 – Reviewed Feb 16, 2013
Interview Details – Standard Pharma interview process. The phone interview (approx 20 min) was done by an outside company. I then received an email requesting a live interview, with a link to choose the time and date that would work for me. I did two live interviews with the district manager and was asked all your standard STAR format questions ("tell me about a time....") but I could tell they wanted someone who had more experience in the territory they were hiring for. I did not hear back from Takeda until nearly 3 weeks later (via email).
Interview Question – Tell me about a time you had an interpersonal conflict with a colleague. Answer Question
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Pharmaceuticals Sales Representative at Takeda Pharmaceutical
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Sacramento, CA Jun 2009 – Reviewed Jan 2, 2013
Interview Details – I first had a phone screen after I submitted my resume and followed up about 5 times with the hiring manager. We then agreed to meet the one on one interview. I was then flown to the regional HQ to meet with the Regional Sales Director. I had to sit around and wait to speak with the RSD for almost 2 hours and then had about a 20 minute interview.
Interview Question – The questions were all normal and nothing stood out as unexpected. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – The position was contingent on the approval of a new drug so I had to wait about a month before I knew if I actually had the job.
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Category Analyst at Takeda Pharmaceutical
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Deerfield, IL Oct 2008 – Reviewed Oct 31, 2010
Interview Details –
I was contacted by a recruiter who was looking to fill a position. I started off with a phone interview followed by an in-person interview with an HR representative, a future colleague and two Directors.
Overall, it wasn't too bad. Didn't ask me any really crazy questions. Pretty much the normal, expected type of interview questions.
Interview Questions
- Have you ever been involved in a situation where you and a boss/colleague had a disagreement over a strategy? How did you resolve it? Answer Question
- Name a weakness of yours. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – They were already offering me $10k more than I was making and I was young and naive and didn't ask for more.
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Accounting at Takeda Pharmaceutical
No Offer – Interviewed in Deerfield, IL Feb 2010 – Reviewed Oct 6, 2010
Interview Details – They asked pretty standard behavioral questions. They said they would get back to me with a yes or a no if they wanted an office interview. They never got back to me, nor did they answer my email follow-up four weeks later
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Communications at Takeda Pharmaceutical
No Offer – Interviewed in Deerfield, IL Oct 2009 – Reviewed Sep 28, 2010
Interview Details – The interview process was a little disconnected. The process wasn't very laid out.
Interview Question – What is a particular compentency that you need to improve on? Answer Question
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Senior Director at Takeda Pharmaceutical
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) Mar 2010 – Reviewed Jan 16, 2013
Interview Details – The entire recruitment process involved interviews with quite a few unrelated staff, unusual for many companies this is quite normal for Takeda.
Interview Question – no unusual questions Answer Question
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District Sales Manager at Takeda Pharmaceutical
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Dec 13, 2012
Interview Details – Philippine set up you will be called for an interview.. questions include why you think you we will hire you at Takeda, how much salary will you expect considering your expirience. Are you willing to be assigned in other areas. Why did you apply at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. For rookies, sometimes they are given sales situation. how to sell a product , how they convince and handle objections.
Interview Question – If hired and you were doing good what will you do when your boss will call you and fired you? Answer Question
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