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Takeda Pharmaceutical Interview Questions & Reviews
Getting the Interview 17 Interviews
Interview Experience 14 Ratings
Pharmaceuticals Sales Representative at Takeda Pharmaceutical
Accepted Offer – Reviewed May 02, 2013
Interview Details Very hard interview, need to do your homework
Interview Question – none really typical interview, study hard Answer Question
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Director at Takeda Pharmaceutical
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Mar 24, 2013
Interview Details very efficient, fast, good recruiting process
Interview Question – what changes would implement if you join the company Answer Question
Negotiation Details – fair
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Regulatory Associate at Takeda Pharmaceutical
No Offer – Interviewed in Deerfield, IL (US) Sep 2011 – Reviewed Feb 27, 2013
Interview Details The process was straight forward. They interviewed me on the phone and then brought me in for a face to face interview but unlike other interviews, only one person interviewed me.
Interview Question – Do you have experience with FDA meetings. View Answer
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Pharmaceutical Sales Representative at Takeda Pharmaceutical
No Offer – Interviewed in Jan 2013 – Reviewed Feb 16, 2013
Interview Details Standard Pharma interview process. The phone interview (approx 20 min) was done by an outside company. I then received an email requesting a live interview, with a link to choose the time and date that would work for me. I did two live interviews with the district manager and was asked all your standard STAR format questions ("tell me about a time....") but I could tell they wanted someone who had more experience in the territory they were hiring for. I did not hear back from Takeda until nearly 3 weeks later (via email).
Interview Question – Tell me about a time you had an interpersonal conflict with a colleague. Answer Question
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Senior Director at Takeda Pharmaceutical
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on London, England (UK) Mar 2010 – Reviewed Jan 16, 2013
Interview Details The entire recruitment process involved interviews with quite a few unrelated staff, unusual for many companies this is quite normal for Takeda.
Interview Question – no unusual questions Answer Question
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Pharmaceuticals Sales Representative at Takeda Pharmaceutical
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Sacramento, CA (US) Jun 2009 – Reviewed Jan 02, 2013
Interview Details I first had a phone screen after I submitted my resume and followed up about 5 times with the hiring manager. We then agreed to meet the one on one interview. I was then flown to the regional HQ to meet with the Regional Sales Director. I had to sit around and wait to speak with the RSD for almost 2 hours and then had about a 20 minute interview.
Interview Question – The questions were all normal and nothing stood out as unexpected. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – The position was contingent on the approval of a new drug so I had to wait about a month before I knew if I actually had the job.
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District Sales Manager at Takeda Pharmaceutical
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Dec 13, 2012
Interview Details Philippine set up you will be called for an interview.. questions include why you think you we will hire you at Takeda, how much salary will you expect considering your expirience. Are you willing to be assigned in other areas. Why did you apply at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. For rookies, sometimes they are given sales situation. how to sell a product , how they convince and handle objections.
Interview Question – If hired and you were doing good what will you do when your boss will call you and fired you? Answer Question
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Quality Assurance at Takeda Pharmaceutical
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Jan 2010 – Reviewed Jul 08, 2012
Interview Details Formal company - dress up for this place and be prepared for challenging question that have a person later on in the process but seem to be odd up front.
Interview Question – How do you get along with a diverse group of people? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Good offer up front
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Sales at Takeda Pharmaceutical
No Offer – Interviewed in Apr 2012 – Reviewed Apr 30, 2012
Interview Details Good people. Challenging questions but easy to talk. very conversational
Interview Questions
- Name some specific things you did in preparation for this interview? Answer Question
- Give me a situation where you had to "switch gears" or alter your "plan of attack" Answer Question
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Pharmaceuticals Sales Representative at Takeda Pharmaceutical
No Offer – Interviewed in Apr 2011 – Reviewed Jun 27, 2011
Interview Details Initial contact was a corporate recruiter phone screen. After this I was called and given the opportunity to have a phone interview with the District Manager. This lasted an hour and was your standard format phone screen, reviewing resume, sales experience, explaining why you want to work there, what you know about the company. Make sure to brush up on the current Takeda drugs on the market, the District Manager really expected that I know more than a handful. Even though I nailed it, this was a uneventful and boring interview. 2 weeks later I was called and offered a F2F with the District Manager. I showed up to the interview on time and waited 30 minutes in the hotel lobby before he walked out to tell me it would be 15-20 more minutes. At this point I was wasting his time because my decision was already made not to work here. About 50 minutes after my scheduled interview time he finally came out to grab me for my interview...and wow. I would never work with somebody that carried himself like he did. I think he asked me about 6 times in the interview, "why Takeda". TERRIBLE INTERVIEWER. Every question he asked was a regurgitation of the phone interview, and I mean the exact same questions in the same order. The entire time I was thinking in my head, "i would never work for this person". After wasting my time by repeating myself in person, I was directed to interview with another District Manager. Total F2F interview time was about 2 hours (not factoring in the 50 minute delay).
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- If you had the opportunity to eat dinner with 3 people (any 3 people fiction or non-fiction) who would they be and why? Answer Question
- What is personal leadership? View Answer
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