I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at AbbVie (Chicago, IL) in Feb 2015
Interview
Interviewed with HR over the phone and was invited onsite for an in-person interview. Interviewed with 4 people including HR. Very standard process. Was offered job about 3 weeks after.
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Question 1
Standard questions - they were more interested in what I did at my previous job. One question that I wasn't prepared for was: Tell me about a time when you were the most creative.
They asked STAR style questions, related to experience, education & background. Competency based questions & situational questions such as “show us a time where you…”
Interview lasted an hour and was with the line manager and senior manager
I applied online. I interviewed at AbbVie (Ludwigshafen am Rhein) in June 2025
Interview
Communication with HR is not sufficient. Without a HR interview, I have directly met with the departmant head and then met with the whole team. Also hard to follow up on their internal process as there was no information flow from HR
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Question 1
Could you share a challenging experience you have faced so far?
The interview process was a set of 5 interviews starting with a recruiter call and moving up through various levels of management. This was a remote position so all were virtual. The people were very nice but the process took over a month to get through. The position was closed without hiring anyone in the end.
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Walk through my usual process for starting a new project.