I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at GSK in Feb 2016
Interview
The process started with a very long online form to fill in, with multiple questions requiring ~500 word answers followed by some competency tests (IQ style, what you would do in certain scenarios etc.). This stage by itself took a number of hours to complete, probably a whole afternoon.
Then I was invited for a phone interview (I heard some people had video interviews) where they asked me more generic questions like "why do you want this role", "what have you done that is relevant to the role" etc. This probably took 30 mins.
The last stage was a face-to-face interview where they asked me questions that were more specialised/technical and tricky, though they weren't trying to trip me up. It was more as if they were trying to see where my current knowledge level was at. Again, this was probably about 30 mins.
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Other Industrial Placement Student interview reviews for GSK
Split into general interview and technical interview. Very standardized format where no follow-up questions are asked by interviews. General interview involves STAR questions. Technical interview consisted of testing job-specific knowledge.
Full assessment day with a technical and behavioural interview in the morning with two interviewers then a group interview in the afternoon with other student candidates and a panel of around 5 interviewers. For the second part they gave us a case study and observed how we interacted with each other to answer a scientific problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a pharmacokinetics graph in the context of drug discovery.
Interviewers were very friendly and welcoming, they guide you through until you get the right answer if you are unsure. They start by explaining the job, then ask typical STARR questions, then about 4 technical questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give us a time when you faced a challenge, how did you manage it?