Overall it is very long, across several months. Guess that is typical for big pharma. Submitting application, got phone interview, got on-site, one month in between each step. Since the process was during the year-end holidays, i have another month of delay. I have two phone interviews with two principal scientists and those were pleasant talk on my own work. The one-day on-site is also quite pleasant, although very tired too. Talked with all directors from other sites and the head of the department, also with scientists inside or outside the group i applied for. Everybody are interested in your presentation and the 1-on-1 always started with your presentation and then moved onto other questions. Very science-based.

They were very nice. I liked the process and meeting the people in the team. They flew me to Rahway to give a 45 minute seminar followed by some panel-like interviews. However, I did not get the position and they never provided any feedback.