Pharmacist applicants have rated the interview process at Walgreens with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Pharmacist roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 208 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Walgreens overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Walgreens as a Pharmacist according to 208 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Drug test: 18%
Phone interview: 14%
Skills test: 11%
Background check: 10%
Group panel interview: 6%
Presentation: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Walgreens in Jul 2021
Interview
My interview was over the phone with the store manager, she reached out via email after I submitted my application and asked for a phone interview two days later. It was meant to be her and the healthcare supervisor but the supervisor couldn't make it. The store manager was very nice!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Are you currently working?
- How long were you in your last position, what would you do, and what was your reason for leaving?
- Tell me about a time you provided meaningful feedback to a colleague that was meaningful, candid, and made them better?
- Tell me about a time you took the initiative to solve a problem in a creative yet practical and quick manner?
- Describe a time where you learned from failure. How did you identify the lessons to be learned and what happened when you applied what you learned?
- How have you stayed informed and increased your knowledge of pharmacy healthcare? What resources do you rely on? How has this helped in your work?
- Tell me about a time that you were able to anticipate care for the needs of a patient. How did your knowledge of pharmacy healthcare help you?
- Describe how have delivered a personalized solution to a patient or customer that went beyond just filling a prescription. How do you feel you were successful?
- Describe how you have developed relationships with those you aid in the pharmacy. How have these relationships helped you to better help or serve the customer? What do these relationships look like?
- Are your immunization and CPR certifications up to date?
- Do you have experience giving vaccines?
- Any issues with the area (district) you're applying to?
- When are you available to start working?
Was able to schedule my interviews quickly and they were very responsive to emails. They asked very basic questions about your background as well as your motivations for applying. The recruiters were very nice and easy to talk to.
There were behavior based interview questions, tell me about yourself, strengths and weaknesses. Usually with a pharmacy and store manager. Maybe with a district manager. A tour is given if interview is in person.
Interview process was really easy - they ask basic questions for any normal pharmacist job and a routine screening. I worked at Walgreens as an intern for most of my college years so there wasn't much additional screening for hiring as a pharmacist.