I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pfizer (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Apr 2021
Interview
Participated on the initial phase of the selection process where the candidate needs to record their answers in the HireVue platform, it is a replacement for the HR screening that in other companies is generally done by phone and takes no more than 30min. After this step I received an automatic e-mail rejection without details of why my application was rejected.
The company says using HireVue platform is supposed to save the candidate's time and expedite their internal processes, but as a candidate I saw no benefit on the initial screening being done via an online platform where the candidate records their interview. Here are some reasons why:
- I had no contact with someone from the company, which prevented me from asking my questions about Pfizer and to understand the expectations on the selection process
- Since it was a one sided process, I was not allowed to better understand the position to which I was applying, scope and how the department was structured - it's true that Pfizer JD's (job descriptions) are very detailed and give a good overview, but it's not the same as having someone from the company explaining the position
- Instead of saving me time it took me around 2 hours to go through the entire process and it was very tiresome
I imagine there are future interview(s) in the process where I would be allowed to talk to the hiring manager, but having gone through only this initial step where I had no contact with anyone from the company was really frustrating and discourages me to apply to future opportunities, as I felt the process is cumbersome and the company was allowed to learn everything about me while I was never allowed to understand the position in a way I could be sure I wanted this opportunity for myself.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
For my role I had 13 questions: 10 of them required me to record a 3-minute video of the response and another 3 questions required written responses. All questions must be answered in English.
The majority of the questions were job related, focused in technical skills and asked me to present past results and experiences. There were also a few (2-3) competency-based questions.
Some examples of general questions were:
- Present yourself
- What is your motivation to work with Pfizer
- In one of the questions I was asked to provide my current salary together with my expectation of the minimum wage I was seeking.
- Competency-based questions examples were: "describe a time when I developed and implemented a initiative to address the needs of a stakeholder" and "describe a time when I faced a difficulty and how I managed it".