I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AstraZeneca
Interview
Applied through a contact in MedImmune. The first interview was with HR and was only 5-10 minutes long. The guy asked standard questions; immigration status, background, experience, salary expectation etc.
After a week, got a call from hiring manager. The conversation was mostly on my previous research experience and how my PhD work can be applied to solve some of the current challenges they were facing. We talked for about an hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How can I apply/extend my PhD work to solve some of the challenges ?
Regular QA questions about JD description, self introduction, daily work, challenges, career development in 5 years, expected team environment, strength and weakness. A lot of regular questionsA lot of regular questions
Standard fare in talking to people doing interviews showing off cv. the usual interview that is required to take a job. nothing out of the ordinary. everything you would expect
I applied online. I interviewed at AstraZeneca in Jan 2026
Interview
Interviews were very well organized and hiring manager was very communicative. However after interviewing in-person with the entire team (about 10-12 people for about 4 hours) I was ghosted. The director as they walked me out after interviewing said I would hear back either way in 1-2 weeks. That was three months ago. I almost expect to be ghosted if it was just a zoom interview, but it is disappointing they did not have the courtesy to say that I was not selected when they said I was one of the top candidates during my lengthy in-person interview. Everyone I interviewed with was nice and honest and happy to answer any of the questions I had. Due to both the good and bad, I gave the overall experience a neutral.