The first round of behavioral interviews was great! But I really did feel that the take-home assignment for the second round was unreasonable for the timeline I was given, and with no prior exposure to Veeva's CRM. CRM's are inherently heavy pieces of software and I was just given general documentation on how to use it with no guidance from anyone familiar with it. Having never used a CRM before and being a full-time student with other pressing priorities, I think the lack of guidance & tutorials on using this CRM were what prevented me from succeeding in this interview. I am no stranger to bigger meaty pieces of software, but lacking a significant time investment, or helpful documentations tutorials (both which I think were the case here), I think at least in my case, I was set up for failure here. In the future, I would propose that Veeva needs to make the expectation very clear that I need to learn a CRM in a week to get this job, (I would not have applied if this was the case because again, I feel that it is unrealistic ask for someone who has never used one before). Like this assignment was probably a 10-20 hr job for someone who never used the system. Again unreasonable for an interview in my mind, isn't this why they are supposed to train and develop you in a development program?

First round was straightforward and conversational. Good to prepare some knowledge of the industry as well as answers to common interview questions. My interviewer was also very helpful in terms of giving tips and expectations for later rounds.