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      Tactical Buyer Interview

      28 Oct 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Prague
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Novartis (Prague) in Apr 2016

      Interview

      The first experience was quite awkward: I had applied online submitting my CV and letter, but after few days (I remember it was Easter Sunday) I received an automatic notification stating I was not selected. You can imagine my surprise when just a week later I was approached by a company recruiter for the same role! There were multiple interview stages: 1. general phone call with HR 2. a short (ca. 20') phone interview with a country procurement manager to check both my language proficiency and experience 3. a structured phone interview with one global process owner (ca. 45') 4. another structured phone interview with a second global process owner (ca. 35') 5. a final face to face structured interview with the local procurement domain lead (ca. 40') 6. commercial negotiation of the offer with HR

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      I remember relevant questions regarding my approach with suppliers and conducting a tender, as well as examples of how I dealt with escalations and contributed in process improvements.
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