I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Pfizer in Oct 2019
Interview
Submit resume and was offered a phone interview a couple of weeks later. Nice chat for about 30 minutes about the position and expectations. Offered in person interview with meetings from 9-3 including a 1 hour job talk. Heard I was accepted for the position after about 2.5 weeks and officially got the offer a few days after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked further questions about my talk and how they pertained to this position.
HR interview was for 20 minutes and was yes/no questions. Technical interview was straight forward but challenging. They were fast in getting back after the interview. Sometimes they do on-site interview. In general the interview process is so similar to other companies.
I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Pfizer (Pearl River, NY) in Aug 2024
Interview
I spent full one day for onsite interviews.
Seminar presentations and meeting with hiring manager, 2 of her bosses. The big boss was very rude and bully.
One of the interviewer was rude, combative and was attacking me through out the interview.
I was seated in very small room with up to 6 people which was even too small for 2 person.
Everyone was repeating the same questions I was asked by previous panel. And the process was very tiresome and challenging.
First, they follow up application with a HR phone screen followed by Hiring Manager phone interview followed by panel interview with presentation. Takes 4 to 6 weeks for the whole process to complete.
Principal Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Pfizer with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Principal Scientist roles take an average of 43 days to get hired, when considering 9 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 Principal Scientist according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 18%
Group panel interview: 15%
Background check: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Drug test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
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