Senior Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at AstraZeneca with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Scientist roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 32 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at AstraZeneca overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at AstraZeneca as a Senior Scientist according to 32 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 23%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 14%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at AstraZeneca (Cambridge, England) in May 2016
Interview
First: telephone interview with hiring manager (30 min), recieved invitation to on–site interview 2 weeks later. All day on–site interview consisted of 1 values and behaviour interview, 1 technical interview, 5 interviews with different people incl. hiring Manager and colleaugues, 1 hour seminar/presentation to the whole group
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself, why do you want to work in this group, why should we hire you, what positive and negative things do your colleaugues say about you, did you ever encounter scientific misconduct and what did you do about it, did you ever work with a difficult colleaugue, explain how your work has made an impact on patients lives, cv–based questions
I applied through other source. I interviewed at AstraZeneca (Maryland City, MD)
Interview
Recruiter screen, then manager interview. Manager was looking for specific skills. There was a list of skills that were not listed in the job posting but were important for the position.
I interviewed at AstraZeneca (Macclesfield, England)
Interview
After the recruiter approach, they gave the final round interview directly, lasting four hours. Two of them are technical, and one of them is behaviour. Please make sure you have prepared a story for each of their core values
First round: virtual interview, you get 2 questions and you need to record your answers and submit. Feels impersonal.
Final round: values interview with the team leads, followed by technical interview (short presentation, standard questions). Meet the team session was nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you worked on a project and embraced all the company values, provide examples.