Pfizer Job Interview

Normstorm

Hi all,

I have an interview with pfizer in the coming days and was just wondering if anyone on here has had any experience with their interview process and may be able to share some insights/information on their interview process?

Any and all information would be hugely appreciated!

FarOn

Normstorm wrote: »

Hi all,

I have an interview with pfizer in the coming days and was just wondering if anyone on here has had any experience with their interview process and may be able to share some insights/information on their interview process?

Any and all information would be hugely appreciated!

Had an interview with Pfizer before. It was one of the more difficult ones. I went through CPL and came top 10% in the aptitude test. There were 3 stages:-I did a group assessment involving roleplaying a problem at work with another applicant. Brainstorming a strategy to improve a work plan with 7 other applicants. The last stage was an interview by two people, a HR Representative and a Team Leader. I didn't succeed in getting past this stage as I found it went against most of my strengths but others thrive in this environment. Hope this helps and best of luck!

Normstorm

FarOn wrote: »

Had an interview with Pfizer before. It was one of the more difficult ones. I went through CPL and came top 10% in the aptitude test. There were 3 stages:-I did a group assessment involving roleplaying a problem at work with another applicant. Brainstorming a strategy to improve a work plan with 7 other applicants. The last stage was an interview by two people, a HR Representative and a Team Leader. I didn't succeed in getting past this stage as I found it went against most of my strengths but others thrive in this environment. Hope this helps and best of luck!

Hey FarOn,

Cheers for the reply, really appreciate it!

stirwell

Yeah faron has it spot on there. Hope it went well for you. If you pass the interview it is background checks which take months and then a medical. Best of luck.

sebcity

Is it in Ringsend or in one of their plants?

Morning12

I have an interview this weekend. Can anyone please share their experience?

ianobrien

Morning12 wrote: »

I have an interview this weekend. Can anyone please share their experience?

For which one? I've been in most of them at this stage......

clare_bear

Hey!! Any advice on what's best to sort of prepare/look over for the first assessment centre stage of the interview process? Thanks!

JessieJames

any help on this would be great :rolleyes:

belacqua_

Took one of their indigo-coloured pills for the laugh and went in to the interview with the horn hanging off me. Told them I had a serious hard-on for their company. Now running their Paris office. True story.

denismc

I have done a few internal interviews over the years and their focus lately seems to be on competency type interviews.
So you may get questions like;
Tell about a time when you showed leadership, initiative,problem-solving, or handled a difficult colleague?
So a typical response would involve a story in which you handled the situation in a positive way.
There is loads on the internet about "Competency Style interviews".
Good luck
p.s good linky here:http://www.flexsource.ie/Content/CompetencyBasedInterviews/

nonexx

been there today. freaking twisted!

OscarBN

nonexx wrote: »

been there today. freaking twisted!

Hi,

Can you give me an idea how long the whole process took today? Thanks

JessieJames

All in all about 3 hours. The groups that were assessed yesterday (Thursday) had their interviews today and the people that were assessed today will have their interviews on Wednesday

OscarBN

JessieJames wrote: »

All in all about 3 hours. The groups that were assessed yesterday (Thursday) had their interviews today and the people that were assessed today will have their interviews on Wednesday

Thanks a million, appreciate it.

Miscommunication with the recruitment agency, I was told I was going for an interview. I'm absolutely raging, I was totally unprepared to sit the aptitude tests. I know you can't prepare but you can practice.

Good luck to you anyway!

JessieJames

Same to you 😊

nonexx

how this after-assessment interview looks like?
behavioural or more easy going?

St. Lupulin

What kinda clothes should you wear to the assessment centre ?

Casual would be okay, no?

St. Lupulin

Also any idea if "temperorary" jobs at Pfizer usually lead to full time contracts or will they just let you go after Christmas?

Macker1

St. Lupulin wrote: »

Also any idea if "temperorary" jobs at Pfizer usually lead to full time contracts or will they just let you go after Christmas?

Is the position located at Grange Castle ?

If so all I can say is that the future looks bright at Grange Castle with constantly increased workloads. There are a number of people employed on temporary contract positions that have been there for years. A few of those have eventually been lucky enough to get a permanent role.

Like anywhere you should get in the door and make a good impression and with a bit of luck it will work out.

jerjers

clare_bear wrote: »

Hey!! Any advice on what's best to sort of prepare/look over for the first assessment centre stage of the interview process? Thanks!

Hi,can you tell me what type of Qs came up on assessment.....have test in few days and want to do as much as possible.......thanks for any kind of help.

Dark and Long

Hi All,

I've just got notified that I will be getting the Phone Screen this week and the assessment centre then towards the end of April, can anyone tell me what to expect or any tips, would be thankful for any help, haven't done a 3-stage interview process in years, nor apptitude tests in years! Bricking it a bit! The position is for QC in Grange Castle. Cheers.

walshvincent38

Hi, Pfizer had an advertisement on either Newstalk or RTE 1 looking to recruit people for their Biopharmaceutical division at Grange Castle. They gave an email address to send applications. Can anyone tell me what the email address was?

syntheticjunk

Check CPL's website for process technician position. They are responsible for recruitment.

walshvincent38

walshvincent38 wrote: »

Hi, Pfizer had an advertisement on either Newstalk or RTE 1 looking to recruit people for their Biopharmaceutical division at Grange Castle. They gave an email address to send applications. Can anyone tell me what the email address was?

The irish jobs.ie link from their recent facebook campaign is now not working......

https://www.facebook.com/1190009607723534/videos/1607889825935508/?pnref=story

http://www.irishjobs.ie/Jobs/Process-Technician-Pfizer-8019410.aspx