I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Pfizer (Boston, MA) in Aug 2015
Interview
The interview started around 9AM. I gave an hour-long presentation, interviewed with the main director. We then had lunch with the director and 3-4 statisticians. I then went through multiple half hour interviews with other statisticians and fellows. I was asked a series of questions concerning the position and some general statistics questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you describe PCA (Principal Component Analysis) to a clinician?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Pfizer (Andover, MA) in Mar 2014
Interview
Contacted by phone (HR) and then contacted by phone by hiring managers, spoke to them and then didn't hear back for a few weeks, HR contacted me again and we spoke again and then onsite interview was scheduled. This crossed over the New Years and probably explains why everything moved much more slowly than usual.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pfizer (Groton, CT) in May 2012
Interview
I knew someone who worked in the company so I was able to get my CV sent along to an influential person in the department hiring. They invited me to give a 20 minute talk on my PhD work and I had one-on-one interviews with about 10 scientists in the department.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work in industry rather than academia?