Industrial Placement Student applicants have rated the interview process at GSK with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 87.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at GSK (Stevenage, England) in Nov 2019
Interview
There were two parts to the interview, a general and a technical part. For my position, I had to travel to their Stevenage R&D site 20 min north of London King's Cross. All travel and accommodation was reimbursed by the company.
Split into general interview and technical interview. Very standardized format where no follow-up questions are asked by interviews. General interview involves STAR questions. Technical interview consisted of testing job-specific knowledge.
Full assessment day with a technical and behavioural interview in the morning with two interviewers then a group interview in the afternoon with other student candidates and a panel of around 5 interviewers. For the second part they gave us a case study and observed how we interacted with each other to answer a scientific problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a pharmacokinetics graph in the context of drug discovery.
Interviewers were very friendly and welcoming, they guide you through until you get the right answer if you are unsure. They start by explaining the job, then ask typical STARR questions, then about 4 technical questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give us a time when you faced a challenge, how did you manage it?