Industrial Placement Student applicants have rated the interview process at GSK with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at GSK as a Industrial Placement Student according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Skills test: 29%
Other: 14%
Personality test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
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About 30 minutes
2 interviewers
split into 2 sections
1st section mostly behavioral questions
2nd section asked to give a presentation
only 1 interview was required
overall a good experience.
Split into general interview and technical interview. Very standardized format where no follow-up questions are asked by interviews. General interview involves STAR questions. Technical interview consisted of testing job-specific knowledge.
Full assessment day with a technical and behavioural interview in the morning with two interviewers then a group interview in the afternoon with other student candidates and a panel of around 5 interviewers. For the second part they gave us a case study and observed how we interacted with each other to answer a scientific problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a pharmacokinetics graph in the context of drug discovery.
Interviewers were very friendly and welcoming, they guide you through until you get the right answer if you are unsure. They start by explaining the job, then ask typical STARR questions, then about 4 technical questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give us a time when you faced a challenge, how did you manage it?