I applied online. I interviewed at Pfizer (Groton, CT) in Dec 2012
Interview
After the phone interview, they brought me in for a day-long interview with different panels of people in the groups I would be working for and with. It was a long day, included lunch
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me to give an example of a time me and my supervisor disagreed about how to proceed with something and how we resolved the issue.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Pfizer (South San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
This is for the Rinat SSF location. Their Sr. Associate Scientist position is actually a pretty low level tech position where you'll do a lot of manual work. It sounded like a lot of salaried employees did incredible overtime, and unlike other SSF organizations that would schedule a day long group of meetings with different functional groups, I just randomly met with a few group members and the hiring manager "informally".
The hiring manager seemed a little off but some of the others were very professional and interested in my background.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was not prepared when they mentioned that the position would require very little creativity, i.e no thought or scientific expertise, just grunt work.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pfizer (Andover, MA) in May 2015
Interview
I applied on their website, was contacted through email by hiring manager 5 days later. Went in for an all day interview 10 days later. Everyone on the team was knowledgable, friendly and straightforward about what it was like to work at Pfizer. Everyone seemed happy with the company overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most questions were based on resume. One of the mangers asked me to explain the technology I would be working with. I was able to explain 75% confidently and kind of stumbled around the end. Was able to describe different ways the technology is employed 100%. That was the only part of the interview I really had trouble with.