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      Senior Associate Scientist Interview

      25 Oct 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      South San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Pfizer (South San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2016

      Interview

      This is for the Rinat SSF location. Their Sr. Associate Scientist position is actually a pretty low level tech position where you'll do a lot of manual work. It sounded like a lot of salaried employees did incredible overtime, and unlike other SSF organizations that would schedule a day long group of meetings with different functional groups, I just randomly met with a few group members and the hiring manager "informally". The hiring manager seemed a little off but some of the others were very professional and interested in my background.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      I was not prepared when they mentioned that the position would require very little creativity, i.e no thought or scientific expertise, just grunt work.
      1 Answer