Me postulé en persona. El proceso tomó más de 2 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en Pfizer (Cambridge, MA)
Entrevista
The process took approximately 2 months starting from the 1st phone interview until I provided references after the onsite interview. Everything went pretty smooth and positive. The onsite interview was the best part. I had a great experience meeting the pfizer team. Even the hiring manager was very confident and positive about hiring me. However, I never received any response from them after I provided my references even from my current employer (which was a huge risk, but certainly I didn’t want to miss this incredible opportunity). I sent them 3-4 follow up emails, but no response. Atleast don’t hang candidates in the air after this stage. It jeopardized my current position as my employer knew I interviewed them. Just be professional enough to send a rejection.
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Pregunta 1
Why do you want to move to industry from academia ?
The question they asked were very hard to answer and abstract. HR pay range was on the lower end of range 70K. The Hiring manager was very stern and lacked any emotion.
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Pregunta 1
please describe the process of using a Cytek Aurora
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 2 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en Pfizer (Sandwich, England) en abr 2023
Entrevista
Interview was nice but didn't get the curtesy of a rejection just ghosted. They seemed like nice people and it seems like a good place to work. They asked me a lot of technical questions and situational questions.
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Pregunta 1
Name a time you had to work with someone that was difficult to work with
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Pfizer en feb 2023
Entrevista
About a week after I submitted an online application, the HR reached out to me for a 30 minute phone call. Basic questions about my resume, prior research experiences, base salary expectations, and career goals were asked. At the end of the phone call, the HR scheduled a Teams meeting with the hiring manager for the following day. Interview via Teams with the hiring manager and one other scientist went great. A little more technical this time, but nothing too crazy. A week later, a panel interview was scheduled. On the day of the panel interview, I spoke to 4 groups of senior scientists/directors (2 people per group) for about 4 hours in total. The interview was much harder than I expected. It was 100% technical questions and 0% personality/behavioral questions. I did my best and tried to give them a positive first impression. 3 days after my interview, the hiring manager reached out to me via email informing me that a business decision was made to postpone the hiring of a senior associate scientist possibly till next year... Not the outcome I wanted, but there was nothing more I could do. I did thank them for their transparency.
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Pregunta 1
How does mass spec work? How does HPLC work? How do you prepare DNA samples? How do you purify protein samples? How do you interpret mass spec data/results? How do you separate DNA and RNA and proteins from a sample? What kind of assays are you familiar with?