I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bristol Myers Squibb (New Brunswick, NJ) in Sep 2011
Interview
Every thing that big pharma job interview consists
phone with HR, Phone with team, Personal interviews with each member of team, Presentation with Q&A.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the type of work you do at your present job, challenges, examples
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bristol Myers Squibb in Feb 2021
Interview
Applied for this position in the first week of Jan 2021, they asked me for an HR phone call in the next week and then the next day 30mins interview with the hiring manager. Later in mid-Feb, I had 2 days of interviews with different panels which consisted of associate directors and directors. They called up my references in mid-March and at the end of the month rejected my application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What is your drive? Strength & weakness?
2. Tell me about a situation where you stepped ahead of everyone to do something?
3. Biggest professional achievements?
4. Contribution to literature?
5. How do you handle difficult people?
6. Biggest challenge in MS?
7. What do your friends receive from your personality?
8. What are you bringing to the table?
9. Asked a lot of questions on my project, why did I choose this project, what was my contribution to the project, why particular study, what challenges did you face, etc. Different STAR questions
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bristol Myers Squibb (Lawrenceville, NJ)
Interview
Interview began with the hiring manager followed by several one on ones. Most of the questions focused on previous research experience along with several behavioral questions. Each interviewer is provided with a set of behavioral questions however most of the questions seemed to be asking the same thing.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Why did you chose this particular technique vs another?
I applied online. I interviewed at Bristol Myers Squibb
Interview
There was a phone interview and then an on-site interview. Had a 1:1 interview with about 5-6 people for the on-site interview, the questions were more behavioral along with a few technical questions. The team of interviewers were congenial.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The hiring team asked mostly behavioral and situational questions.
