I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at AstraZeneca (Manchester, England) in Jul 2015
Interview
I applied online and the process was very long (>5 months). In April, I responded to one of the online advertisement on AZ's career site. The phone screen was conducted around 3 weeks after the job deadline with two hiring managers. After long silence, I was invited to apply for another job that was more related to my background and was invited directly for an on-site interview 3 weeks after the deadline in June. I confirmed and attended the on-site interview in the UK in July and was told that the decision will be made when all the candidates have been interviewed. The interview was very well organized, started with a presentation of my work and followed by meeting various groups of scientists. The memorable experiences were also the technical interview with two senior members and the behavioral interview with the hiring managers. Technical questions are closely related to the role and there has been a lot of insightful discussions regarding how the projects should be designed and conducted. My personal feeling was that there are no 'correct' answers, as long as you could justify your answers with plausible reasoning. The offer was made in September and I accepted it after negotiation and confirming the relocation support.
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Question 1
What would you focus on when designing a therapy, the mechanisms or the therapeutic effects?
Tell me one recent paper that you found interesting.
I interviewed at AstraZeneca (Gothenburg, Västra Götaland)
Interview
Interview with hiring manager, then a whole day of online interviews: experience, technical and value, finally on-site visit. The first call felt stand-offish, the full day was an overkill, the on-site felt like they have already settled on a different candidate but decided to waste my time anyway. Got promised a decision in a couple of days and got ghosted.
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Question 1
Describe situation from your past reflecting on company values using STAR model.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at AstraZeneca (Cambridge, England)
Interview
I applied online. Firstly I was invited by automatic response to complete a personality test (Pymetrics). Around 2 weeks after, I was invited for a short 20 min video meeting with 2 Hiring Managers to quickly discuss how my background fits the role. The next step was 2 h long interview divided into 3 parts - 20 min presentation about my previous work, 10 min discussion, 45 min behavioural interview and 45 min technical interview. I was assessed by Senior Scientists within the department where I applied. Next was a 5 min call with HR to discuss salary desires and other logistics. 2 weeks later, I received an email to inform me they had decided on another candidate.
The very friendly, efficient, structured and straightforward interview process, so far one of the best I had. Though I, sadly, did not get the job, the entire experience was very respectful, meaningful, and pleasant.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioural questions were only several and focused on their core values. They sent me the PDF sheet with those before the interview with instructions on how to structure my responses.
Technical questions were related to the basics of the field I interviewed for and more complex small case studies.
3 interviews. First 30 minutes, second 1 h + home exercise. And 3rd interview was about company values. In the end, I didn't get the position with the explanation that others have better scientific qualifications.