What is the hiring process at Astrazeneca?

Most roles have you go through several rounds of interviews. Typically you have a phone interview first with a recruiter of the company. This covers general information about you and Astrazeneca.

Next you have a panel interview, where a group of members of your prospective team interview you. This consists of career, scenario, and personality-based questions, so they can ascertain if you are a good fit for their department.

Some interviews require candidates to give technical or business-related presentations and can also take the form of case interviews. These may involve scenarios of developing medicines or business and marketing plans.

Sales roles with Astrazeneca contain interviews with many STAR format based questions.

The last interview you have is one-on-one with a department head or supervisor. The interviewer follows up on some of the information and answers from your panel interview. This stage also involves any salary negotiation.

Roles in their science and research department require the most scrutiny and are the hardest in terms of interviews at the company. You are asked to give presentations on previous research, experiments, and medical patents you have been involved with.

Here are some sample questions for your interview with Astrazeneca:

• How familiar are you with pharmaceutical and vaccine technologies?

• What would you consider your goal and objective to be if hired by Astrazeneca?

• What are your values in regards to science?

Certain roles with Astrazeneca also require you to take a company skills assessment test.

Previous and current employees cited the hiring process to take a long time, as there are considerable gaps in time between each interview. The entire length ranges between a month to several months from application to employment at Astrazeneca.