I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pfizer (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2009
Interview
Applied through a Monster.com posting and was contacted by a recruiting agency. There was one phone interview with recruiter who passed on the resume to the Pfizer District Manager. There was one thirty minute phone interview with the District Manager with basic background questions. Then there was a face to face interview with the District Manager held in a hotel conference room for an hour. This delved into hypothetical questions about how to be persuasive, and detailed questions on past projects and why I was interested in a sales position. They seemed to be most interested in past sales experience, which I was lacking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a situation where you had to persuade someone.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pfizer in Mar 2010
Interview
The guy was riding me! I'm a recent grad and he asks what i'd been doing since finishing school. When I responded "traveling" he said, "but you're unemployed! with what money are you TRAVELING with!" he also said with a sneer of mock, "you didn't put yourself through school?" etc... he obviously wanted to know whether or not i'm self-sufficient. I kept gracious and left the interview feeling absolutely defeated. I never flinched over the entire duration of the interview, but I did feel pretty crappy....but about a half hour after the interview ended, I was given a call and offered another interview.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
I see you live on 3rd street. What's your cross street??
You're a recent grad. I've only hired two recent grads within in my ten years as a District Manager. I usually look for DEAN'S LIST and STUDENT ATHLETES (i have neither of these on my resume).
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pfizer (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2007
Interview
Phone interview went well. No hard questions. General interview questions. Know the company and be able to respond using STAR responses. Was told within 48 hours that I had been moved to the next round of interviews. It has been almost two years and I haven't heard anything, but it's ok because I'm no longer interested in that field. I just thought it was pretty unprofessional to tell me someone would be calling me with the next interview time and they never did.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me a situation describing how you handled an obstacle at work?