Pharmacy Technician applicants have rated the interview process at Safeway with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Pharmacy Technician roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 21 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Safeway overall takes an average of 11 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Safeway as a Pharmacy Technician according to 21 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Phone interview: 16%
Background check: 16%
Drug test: 16%
Skills test: 11%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Safeway (Silver Spring, MD) in Oct 2019
Interview
The whole process was so unorganized. First you fill the application then you go for the interview but they are supposed to provide drug testing but I had to go to a place to do the lab and finger printing and had to pay out of pocket. Eventually they gave me the money back but took a long time. It was very unprofessional
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Safeway in May 2026
Interview
i reached out to the recruiter on LinkedIn and was immediately set up with a 30min video interview for the following week and told to submit my application online. the interview was fairly easy with typical why do you want to work hear and tell me about a time you faced a challenge at work questions, mind you this is my first ever pharm tech job after getting my license.
It was an easy process. I met with the pharmacy manager. She was kind and helpful. Working with her was a different story though. There was alot of micromanagement. I hated working there. Alot of druggies would come and ask for different prescriptions
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Safeway (Hercules, CA) in Nov 2022
Interview
Very nice and easy, the pharmacy manager is very kind and scheduled an appointment that worked with my schedule and was just overall really pleasant to talk to and made you feel welcomed