I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Pfizer in Mar 2020
Interview
The interviewers are nice. Technical problems are not hard but need to pay more attention to details. The problems include both probability and coding. There are also some BQ questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you arrange your time in multi-tasking situation?
After brief self introduction within 2 minutes, senior asked me about my experience, my master dissertation, and regular bq. (including what's my disadvantage and advantages; what's the most difficult thing) Got the offer a week later.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Pfizer (Peapack and Gladstone) in Apr 2023
Interview
The interview panel is good and everyone is friendly and professional. Questions are easy, including SAS basics like merge and set functions and some common BQs. I had a great experience with the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between r test and anova test.
Recruited via their graduate program. Was easy in the early phases as they had lots of positions but there is more competition now between students for an FTE job since they don't have as much positions anymore
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What did you learn in school and how can it be applied.
Statistical Programmer applicants have rated the interview process at Pfizer with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Statistical Programmer roles take an average of 55 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Pfizer overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Pfizer as a Statistical Programmer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 22%
Background check: 17%
Presentation: 11%
Phone interview: 11%
Skills test: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Other: 6%
Drug test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
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