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Anonymous Employee in South San Francisco, CA
I interviewed at Thermo Fisher Scientific (South San Francisco, CA)
Phone interview was a quick getting to know you and reviewing your application. Next is zoom interview with manager. If you're good at inventory in any industry you can easily hop to a different industry.
- Describe your strengths and weaknesses

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Thermo Fisher Scientific
The interviewer itself was great and everybody was lovely. That was until I started following up for updates after the interview. Completely ghosted. It's not that hard to just copy paste a rejection template. Don't think I'd wanna work somewhere that disrespects all the time and effort I put into interviewing. Unprofessional imo.
- Standard behavioral and experience questions.

Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Thermo Fisher Scientific
The interview process was standard. They are looking for how interested the candidate is for the position and what they would like to achieve for the future. Be calm and collected.
- How do work under pressure
Im newish to Thermo Fisher Scientific but trying to understand the promotion cycle. It seems vertical career moves within Thermo are much more difficult than diagonal. When you are looking to move up a career band how often has that movement actually happened vertically in the team or group you work in?
Yes the promotions are little difficult in TFS. It will take 3-4 years for promotions. But there are IJPs and you can apply and move to ither divisions. But in your 1:1 you should keep asking your manager that you are expecting promotion so that they will know.

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Pittsburgh, PA
I applied online. I interviewed at Thermo Fisher Scientific (Pittsburgh, PA)
Didn't get to the interview process. I received an email telling me that the job for which I submitted a resume has been filled. The email encouraged me to apply to other jobs and provided a link. The link took me to the same job I applied for, which I was told had been filled, Just a bit confusing, and I suspect some dishonesty. I would rather the company didn't respond at all, rather than obviously providing false information. If I'm not a fit, just move on. No need to lie about it.

Anonymous Employee in Cambridge, MA
I interviewed at Thermo Fisher Scientific (Cambridge, MA)
Call with manager followed by 6 person interview of 30 minutes a piece. Very straightforward process. Mostly showing what the company was like and discussing different manufacturing areas. Entry level role so no major questions just wanted to understand background and curiosities.
- CGMP experience? Experience with bioreactors?
Does anyone have experience working for Thermo Fisher Scientific? My background is in supply chain and I’m curious about the culture there (specifically for an inventory control specialist position in High Point, NC). Anyone have any insight they can share?

Anonymous Employee in Milan
I interviewed at Thermo Fisher Scientific (Milan)
0 Colloquio tecnico ma stimolante, ho avuto Modo di interfacciarmi direttamente con la manager con la quale abbiamo avuto modo di dialogare sia sul mio trascorso tecnico sia sulle mie attitudini al lavoro di gruppo
- Background tecnico, competenze teoriche, attitudine al lavoro di gruppo

Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Interview process took me about a month. I made an internal move to this position. Questions didn't seem too difficult compared to my interviews with other companies. My complaint is that interview processes take way too long.
- Do you have any experience with validation? What is validation to you?

Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Very lengthy, but we’re friendly and have a sense of ownership in 2 weeks post joining 3 rounds - Phone, 2 Video Phone call is with HR Video with mangers Another video call with HR and management
- Personal, Education and why choose you

Anonymous Employee in South San Francisco, CA
I interviewed at Thermo Fisher Scientific (South San Francisco, CA)
Recruiter reached out regarding a position that I had applied to but was closed. The recruiter mentioned an alternate position. Afterwords I was interviewed but two of the hiring managers. It was during COVID so the interview was via Zoom.
- The position is at a customer site and all the questions were regarding customer service, meeting deadlines and dealing with conflict.

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at Thermo Fisher Scientific
HR Interview, then they requested a presentation with both remote and in-person interviews that wouldn't be at the same time. They required in office presence. The presentation was about a mock project.
- Tell me, if you can, what would be a good fit for you?
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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Thermo Fisher Scientific as 56.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.78 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Test Technician and Forklift Operator rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Operations Technician and MBA roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Thermo Fisher Scientific takes an average of 33.16 days when considering 1,298 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Leadership Development Program had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Sr. Material Handler roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 240 days).
Common stages of the interview process at Thermo Fisher Scientific according to 1,298 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone Interview: 24.80%
One on One Interview: 19.06%
Group Panel Interview: 14.23%
Drug Test: 11.64%
Presentation: 8.11%
Skills Test: 7.93%
Background Check: 7.77%
IQ Intelligence Test: 3.40%
Personality Test: 1.84%
Other: 1.22%
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