Pharmaceutical Sales Representative II applicants have rated the interview process at Boehringer Ingelheim with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Pharmaceutical Sales Representative II roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Boehringer Ingelheim overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Boehringer Ingelheim as a Pharmaceutical Sales Representative II according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 18%
Background check: 18%
One on one interview: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Drug test: 12%
Presentation: 12%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
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The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Boehringer Ingelheim in Feb 2014
Interview
Initial communication was via email to set up phone interview time. Phone interview was with company recruiter. Next step was to be contact by area director or other recruiter for another phone interview.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Boehringer Ingelheim (Dallas, TX) in Mar 2012
Interview
The interview process included a flight to Dallas with a cattle call like interview the next day. The decreased the number of candidates down to 2 after a long day interviewing hundreds of candidates for positions across the country in preparation for a new product launch. Seeing people leave in tears was quite an unpleasant experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me an example of a time when a sales call did not go as planned?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Boehringer Ingelheim (New York, NY) in Jan 2010
Interview
Expect several interviews. Typical situational questions to be answered using the STAR (situation, task, action, result) format are common. Really no left-field questions and an overall good interview experience. Important to the company: living in the territory or nearby the territory boundary. Also experience in the disease states related to the position in question and/or preexisting relationships with physicians.