Pfizer aptitude test

karim_84

Hi I have an aptitude test for Pfizer in grange castle coming up . It is for the position of process technician, I am wondering if anyone has an idea of what to expect ? Numerical etc . And also do you have any samples of pfizers aptitude test to practice with .

Thanks in advance

aero1974

When I did mine there was mechanical aptitude, maths and English.
There role play were 10 of us were give info and we had to decide what to do with it.

karim_84

aero1974 wrote: »

When I did mine there was mechanical aptitude, maths and English.
There role play were 10 of us were give info and we had to decide what to do with it.

Thanks a lot aero .

What's the difficulty of the aptitude tests?

aero1974

karim_84 wrote: »

Thanks a lot aero .

What's the difficulty of the aptitude tests?

Not really very like any other ones I haved done.

Freshfaced

Hey Karim_84
Hope you don't mind me jumping in..i have applied for pfizer job. Was told i'd have telephone interview and if successful an aptitude test.. am still waiting for telephone interview..
Can i ask did you have phone interview? And if so what can i expect? Also what to expect in aptitude test..been a long time since i did one of those..any info much appreciated

karim_84

Hey freshfaced ,

Only done phone interview yesterday , it's grand nothing to worry about , only takes ten mins , will ask you a couple of simple questions where you just give a one word or one line answer . Prepare an answer for the question "tell me a time when you have gone beyond your call of duty in work " you will be asked that and u need to give an example...as for the aptitude tests I'm still looking for examples of the type of ones Pfizer give, so if you have any look please let me know . Cheers

Freshfaced

karim_84 wrote: »

Hey freshfaced ,

Only done phone interview yesterday , it's grand nothing to worry about , only takes ten mins , will ask you a couple of simple questions where you just give a one word or one line answer . Prepare an answer for the question "tell me a time when you have gone beyond your call of duty in work " you will be asked that and u need to give an example...as for the aptitude tests I'm still looking for examples of the type of ones Pfizer give, so if you have any look please let me know . Cheers

Thanks karim_84
Im looking for that too will let you know what i find, am getting bit worried about how long its taking to get the phone call..doubt i'll get call this week now..hope they haven't forgotten me !! Although if its alphabetical will nearly be last on list to be called!!!!

karim_84

Freshfaced,

I'd say you will , they are doing them 7 days a week as far as I know , I've a friend that got a call last Monday and I wasn't called until yesterday... Would be great if we could get some samples of the aptitude tests !

Freshfaced

karim_84 wrote: »

Freshfaced,

I'd say you will , they are doing them 7 days a week as far as I know , I've a friend that got a call last Monday and I wasn't called until yesterday... Would be great if we could get some samples of the aptitude tests !

Hey karim_84
Well got the phone call and as you said was fine..got email there now... test is on Saturday at half 8...doesn't say if its casual or formal...says its group tests...so i wonder does that mean no individual aptitude test..??!!

karim_84

Hey freshfaced , that's good , I think they may be individual aptitude tests, and group exercises , role play etc ... Dress for it is smart casual so they said , good luck on sat 😄

dobsdave

I have the phonecall this week,
any (more) info on what is asked?
What type of questions require a one word answer as mentioned above?

Thanks.

katlyn23

hi , I am enquiring about the aptitude test held by Pfizer .has anyone experience doing this as I am scheduled to attend one next week .very unsure what to expect.

L_isamess

katlyn23 wrote: »

hi , I am enquiring about the aptitude test held by Pfizer .has anyone experience doing this as I am scheduled to attend one next week .very unsure what to expect.

Hi, I am attending the assessment centre in s couple of days could you fill me in on what sort of test and questions there are? Thanks

benny79

I had 1 last week and sadly didnt pass

First think was an assessment split into groups 10 of us roughly went into like a board meeting you all sit around a desk. We were given a sheet to read about 6 employees of a company pros and cons of each 1 and we had to decide on 1 to fire.. Actually enjoyed that part.

I found the Aptitude tests very hard to be honest and I was studying them for weeks! First 1 was maths 8 questions but they were true or false answers and all decimals.. For example. Is (1.2 x2.4)/0.5= Less < 0.7 True or false.

Another test was grammar and spelling mistakes in a series of sentences. But some could have 2 mistakes , 3 mistakes 4 or even none etc!

Another 1 was circles with different shapes lines angles inside and you have to find similar in a choice of 6.. These are in most atitudes tests but these ones were particularly hard!

Another 1 was you had to read a paragraph and there was 3 questions on each one and you had to say which was correct..

The only other 1 I can remember is a series of small letters together and you had to go along an see how many letters E are in the block of letters, next one would be how many E's with the letter R after it for example "ER" and so on..

But they were all tough and really had you questioning yourself! My mate done 1 before Christmas and his maths 1 was all fractions.. So suppose you just dont know.

Hope this helps.. Best of luck hopefully you do better the me! Knew 3 lads there on the day and none of them passed it!

L_isamess

benny79 wrote: »

I had 1 last week and sadly didnt pass

First think was an assessment split into groups 10 of us roughly went into like a board meeting you all sit around a desk. We were given a sheet to read about 6 employees of a company pros and cons of each 1 and we had to decide on 1 to fire.. Actually enjoyed that part.

I found the Aptitude tests very hard to be honest and I was studying them for weeks! First 1 was maths 8 questions but they were true or false answers and all decimals.. For example. Is (1.2 x2.4)/0.5= Less < 0.7 True or false.

Another test was grammar and spelling mistakes in a series of sentences. But some could have 2 mistakes , 3 mistakes 4 or even none etc!

Another 1 was circles with different shapes lines angles inside and you have to find similar in a choice of 6.. These are in most atitudes tests but these ones were particularly hard!

Another 1 was you had to read a paragraph and there was 3 questions on each one and you had to say which was correct..

The only other 1 I can remember is a series of small letters together and you had to go along an see how many letters E are in the block of letters, next one would be how many E's with the letter R after it for example "ER" and so on..

But they were all tough and really had you questioning yourself! My mate done 1 before Christmas and his maths 1 was all fractions.. So suppose you just dont know.

Hope this helps.. Best of luck hopefully you do better the me! Knew 3 lads there on the day and none of them passed it!

Thanks so much for all the info! Sounds quite difficult, I only got the email to go last night and it’s on Thursday so I don’t even have much time to prepare for it unfortunately and I graduated in 2016 so it’s been a while since I’ve done anything like this. Do you get given a calculator for math questions?How long after it did you find out your result?

benny79

Ha... No calculator.. look up youtube to revise for maths and how to do them. there be 8 questions in each test and 9 mins to do each test. but they stressed quality over quantity! Think I rushed it to much as the time flys. I found out the next day by email.

I graduated in 1997 so you will be ahead of most! You can pick up attitude test books in Easons for a couple of euro.

What position did you apply for? and when was it advertised as I haven't seen no new positions since I applied.

L_isamess

benny79 wrote: »

Ha... No calculator.. look up youtube to revise for maths and how to do them. there be 8 questions in each test and 9 mins to do each test. but they stressed quality over quantity! Think I rushed it to much as the time flys. I found out the next day by email.

I graduated in 1997 so you will be ahead of most! You can pick up attitude test books in Easons for a couple of euro.

What position did you apply for? and when was it advertised as I haven't seen no new positions since I applied.

I applied for position of process technician, it was through the cpl website in early January. They could possibly still be recruiting seem to be multiple places available. I had the assessment centre very hard to judge how you done I think but luckily enough I got through to a face to face interview next week. Hoping it isn’t too difficult.

gracie8bb

L_isamess wrote: »

I applied for position of process technician, it was through the cpl website in early January. They could possibly still be recruiting seem to be multiple places available. I had the assessment centre very hard to judge how you done I think but luckily enough I got through to a face to face interview next week. Hoping it isn’t too difficult.

How did your interview go? I found it hard to understand what they were actually asking me as the questions were very long winded. I also totally forgot to ask when the start date is or when we will hear back. Have you any idea? And good luck!!!

L_isamess

gracie8bb wrote: »

How did your interview go? I found it hard to understand what they were actually asking me as the questions were very long winded. I also totally forgot to ask when the start date is or when we will hear back. Have you any idea? And good luck!!!

Yea I thought it was very hard to judge and questions where quite probing. I emailed cpl this morning was told I should get a call today or tomorrow but no word yet. I think the starting date is in April but not sure.

gracie8bb

L_isamess wrote: »

Yea I thought it was very hard to judge and questions where quite probing. I emailed cpl this morning was told I should get a call today or tomorrow but no word yet. I think the starting date is in April but not sure.

Glad it wasn’t just me feeling that. Just trying to time notice periods if I’m successful, here’s hoping we hear tomorrow.

benny79

How did you guys practice/prepare for the attitude tests?

I found them very hard! only ever failed 2 this been the second one and the one before that was for the fire brigade years ago but that was a total different attitude test. even do I spent hours going over 2 attitude books I have.. I'm thinking of going again as I heard there will be more positions in a couple of months.. Maybe the books I have are a bit outdated as they are a good few years old..

That maths test I got was all decimal for example: Is 2.4 x 3.4 /2.2 < 0.7 True or False.

Any help be much appreciated!

gracie8bb

benny79 wrote: »

How did you guys practice/prepare for the attitude tests?

I found them very hard! only ever failed 2 this been the second one and the one before that was for the fire brigade years ago but that was a total different attitude test. even do I spent hours going over 2 attitude books I have.. I'm thinking of going again as I heard there will be more positions in a couple of months.. Maybe the books I have are a bit outdated as they are a good few years old..

That maths test I got was all decimal for example: Is 2.4 x 3.4 /2.2 < 0.7 True or False.

Any help be much appreciated!

I didn’t do much preparation other than just refreshing my memory about how to multiply and divide decimals. When I did the test I mostly just focused on getting them right rather than rushing to finish it.

After that the rest of those questions are impossible to prepare for as they are totally unpredictable. Like verbal reasoning, spatial awareness etc. they are very difficult in fairness

benny79

I take it you got decimals as well?

gracie8bb

benny79 wrote: »

I take it you got decimals as well?

I did, did you go to the assessment center 2 weeks ago?

benny79

yeah it was in Newbridge. How did you brush up on your maths? I watched youtube videos but was mainly doing fractions.. I fell apart in the Aptitude tests panicked, rushed was questioning myself then answered the practise questions in the answers section in one test and got totally lost till I copped it! I wouldn't mind I thought I done really well in the assessment.
I think I wanted it to much as it would of made some difference to my quality of life currently working in Dublin and my commute is 3/4 hours a day! Pfizer's newbridge is 20 mins from my house..

How many questions on average in each test did you complete? There was mainly 8 in each I was getting roughly 6/7. The think that Im annoyed about most is I know a few people that work there and they all told me quality over quantity even the girl said it before the tests started yet I still bleeding rushed them trying to complete them! :rolleyes:

gracie8bb

benny79 wrote: »

yeah it was in Newbridge. How did you brush up on your maths? I watched youtube videos but was mainly doing fractions.. I fell apart in the Aptitude tests panicked, rushed was questioning myself then answered the practise questions in the answers section in one test and got totally lost till I copped it! I wouldn't mind I thought I done really well in the assessment.
I think I wanted it to much as it would of made some difference to my quality of life currently working in Dublin and my commute is 3/4 hours a day! Pfizer's newbridge is 20 mins from my house..

How many questions on average in each test did you complete? There was mainly 8 in each I was getting roughly 6/7. The think that Im annoyed about most is I know a few people that work there and they all told me quality over quantity even the girl said it before the tests started yet I still bleeding rushed them trying to complete them! :rolleyes:

Pm sent

L_isamess

gracie8bb wrote: »

Glad it wasn’t just me feeling that. Just trying to time notice periods if I’m successful, here’s hoping we hear tomorrow.

Did you hear anything back? I’ve been waiting on an email since last Wednesday.

gracie8bb

L_isamess wrote: »

Did you hear anything back? I’ve been waiting on an email since last Wednesday.

Not a thing leaving it quite late aren’t they

L_isamess

gracie8bb wrote: »

Not a thing leaving it quite late aren’t they

Yea, starting date is supposed to be 9th of April I think , so medical and reference check has to done before that too. I’ll need to give at least 2 weeks notice in my current role too

gracie8bb

L_isamess wrote: »

Yea, starting date is supposed to be 9th of April I think , so medical and reference check has to done before that too. I’ll need to give at least 2 weeks notice in my current role too

My job need two months so that’s not going to happen! Also I really can’t take another day off for Medicals so I hope they are flexible with dates for that.

Fuzzy Logic

April 9th is the start date. They’re trying to get it sorted so people can give 4 weeks notice

gracie8bb

Fuzzy Logic wrote: »

April 9th is the start date. They’re trying to get it sorted so people can give 4 weeks notice

My medical isn’t until next Wednesday and my situation is a little complex but I need to be handing in my notice by end of next week at absolute
Latest. Do you think the medical results would be in by then?

L_isamess

gracie8bb wrote: »

My medical isn’t until next Wednesday and my situation is a little complex but I need to be handing in my notice by end of next week at absolute
Latest. Do you think the medical results would be in by then?

I was told it would take 3 days from the medical to get official offer, eg. Medical on Monday should know on Thursday. I’ve had to hand my notice in already to give enough time, really need to get it now.

Fuzzy Logic

I’ve everything done since last week and now just waiting on word back

gracie8bb

Fuzzy Logic wrote: »

I’ve everything done since last week and now just waiting on word back

I wonder will they push out the start date. I may even ask to start w Th the next round of people I believe there’s another round for end of May

benny79

have they advertised the jobs for the other round in May?

gracie8bb

benny79 wrote: »

have they advertised the jobs for the other round in May?

No but I recommend mailing back your cpl contact about possible new round of interviews maybe it was just a runout I heard

benny79

I didn't have a cpl contact mine was through Pfizer direct. But cheers anyway.

Fuzzy Logic

If you've recently applied and been told that you're unsuccessful there's a 12 month period before you can apply again. I wonder if the start date has been pushed back due to the delay with the weather.

benny79

Fuzzy Logic wrote: »

If you've recently applied and been told that you're unsuccessful there's a 12 month period before you can apply again. I wonder if the start date has been pushed back due to the delay with the weather.

It did state that in the email. I then received a email a week later from Pfizer saying even though I was unsuccessful this time please apply for other jobs that become available as Pfizer's valves my experience and interest in having a career with them etc etc I also know of a few lads that were unsuccessful the first time but got in when more job opportunities arose 3 or 4 months later.

I know a good few that work there and 2 people that were successful in the last round have turned the job down as they have being waiting to long for a start date and have secured other jobs! Actually couldn't believe it myself but haven't read the above can kinda see why. Waiting over 2 months for a start date is a bit ridiculous although wouldn't bother me if I was successful.

Stuart P

karim_84 wrote: »

Hi I have an aptitude test for Pfizer in grange castle coming up . It is for the position of process technician, I am wondering if anyone has an idea of what to expect ? Numerical etc . And also do you have any samples of pfizers aptitude test to practice with .

Thanks in advance

Hi Karim,

I was wandering would you have any examples of this aptitude test and what’s involved. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Stuart.

gracie8bb

Has anyone gotten official offers yet?

Fuzzy Logic

gracie8bb wrote: »

Has anyone gotten official offers yet?

Yep

benny79

Any updates have people started yet? I see there is new jobs been advertised

larrykinney

Is it OK if I bump this...?


So....I'm having a phone interview on Sunday and the assessment centre (hopefully) next Thursday. I did this almost exactly a year ago and was unsuccessful. I think I went down in the group discussion or the psychometric testing (or both). It was pretty frustrating because around the same time I did the exact same assessment centre and was called for an interview, for a job I wasn't really interested in. I would really love to get into Pfizer, any tips?

matchthis

larrykinney wrote: »

Is it OK if I bump this...?


So....I'm having a phone interview on Sunday and the assessment centre (hopefully) next Thursday. I did this almost exactly a year ago and was unsuccessful. I think I went down in the group discussion or the psychometric testing (or both). It was pretty frustrating because around the same time I did the exact same assessment centre and was called for an interview, for a job I wasn't really interested in. I would really love to get into Pfizer, any tips?

How did your call go? I’m in the same boat. Got invite for assessment on thurs afternoon. First time myself

larrykinney

The phone interview didn't go too well but I still got called to the assessment centre. I'd love to know where I went wrong last year...

benny79

Your only allowed apply for 1 position per year so if you had applied for a job there within 12 months you wont get a call or phone interview for any other positions within a 12 month period! which is absolutely ridiculous. Happened to me, cant apply now till next February

matchthis

Was in the afternoon session. There was about 45 of us and broken up into 3 groups. Could have gone better I guess/ hoped. How did you get on?

larrykinney

^^^^^^


I have the aptitude test questions almost memorized, must have done that particular one 10+ times at this stage. Group discussion was v frustrating, people talking for the sake of talking, without offering an opinion. I tried to get people to actually try to address the question that was asked and come to a consensus, but people just wanted to waffle and look like they were contributing, exactly the same as other group discussions I have done. I'm not as keen on the job as I was after hearing about the shift pattern anyway.:rolleyes:

matchthis

Yeah that discussion piece caught out alot. Thought the shift might have been 4 cycle. Sure its a case of see what happens now. Sounded like there was 4 or 5 positions available.