I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Pfizer (Pearl River, NY) in Dec 2022
Interview
There were a total of 6 rounds of interviews, all with people in different functions and levels. Sometimes, this is conducted in a panel manner instead of rounds. Questions were mainly focused on previous experience and how I could fulfill the role at hand.
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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please describe the process of using a Cytek Aurora
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Pfizer (Sandwich, England) in Apr 2023
Interview
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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Name a time you had to work with someone that was difficult to work with
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pfizer in Feb 2023
Interview
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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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?
