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 60.2% 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 2 weeks. I interviewed at AstraZeneca (Cambridge, England) in Mar 2021
Interview
A few days after application, I got scheduled in for an informal call with HR. The call was very brief (20minutes) and only consisted in me walking the interviewer (who had zero scientific knowledge) through my CV. I assume the purpose of this step is to make sure the candidate is not a complete disaster.
A week later I had my 30 minutes video interview with the two hiring managers. The conversation was friendly and went very well but I felt it was quite cold and emotionless compared to other interviews I had before. I was asked usual questions about motivations and previous experience.
Two weeks later, I got notified that my application wouldn't have been taken further: it was felt I interviewed very well but that I was too experienced for the position, and that they would have proceeded with more JUNIOR candidates. This hardly made sense to me, as I am a PhD holder with less than 5 years since PhD and no industry experience nor direct experience on the subject, and the position was for a SENIOR scientist.
Overall, it was clear the actual position they were looking for did not correspond to the job title (they were looking for someone to work on a relatively standardised and routine project), and I feel like they could have played this a bit better, so to avoid making candidates like me waste their time.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What motivates you to transition from academia to industry?
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.