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      Pharmacy Technician Interview

      Feb 13, 2015
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Honolulu, HI
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Safeway (Honolulu, HI) in Jan 2015

      Interview

      I applied online and was contacted a few days later by the hiring recruiters in Pleasanton, California to schedule a pre screening telephone interview. The telephone interview was pretty simple a couple situational questions and a couple of calculation questions. We also talked about availability, willingness to travel and any certifications I hold. I was contacted by another person from the HQ to take a math and personality assessment. The calculations were easy for me since I really love math, especially pharmacy calculations. I was contacted a couple days after that to schedule an interview and just had my interview today. I arrived early and it seemed as if the pharmacy manager had no idea that she had an interview scheduled today. She did tell me that I was her last interview and seemed in a rush to get it over with. She asked me questions from a packet and had no follow up questions for me, neither did she ask me if I had any questions for her. She also left the interview a couple times because I don't think there was another pharmacist on duty to cover while she did the interview. It kind of seemed like she had already knew who she wanted to hire and was just interviewing me for the heck of it. She went on telling me about how Safeway is in a union and the pharm techs get paid 9 something an hour since they're in the union and kind of making me feel like the job wasn't too great anyway. Especially because they have to pay an initiation fee of 500$ after working for 3 months. I went home and told my husband that I'd rather work in a gelato shop than at a Safeway pharmacy.

      Interview questions [4]

      Question 1

      What strategies do you do to make sure expired meds are taken care of?
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Questions about insurance
      Answer question

      Question 3

      One of your co workers call in sick leaving just you and the pharmacist. How do you prioritize the tasks that need to be done and why?
      Answer question

      Question 4

      How do you handle an upset patient?
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      Pharmacy Technician Interview

      May 5, 2026
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      Accepted offer
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      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Safeway in May 2026

      Interview

      i reached out to the recruiter on LinkedIn and was immediately set up with a 30min video interview for the following week and told to submit my application online. the interview was fairly easy with typical why do you want to work hear and tell me about a time you faced a challenge at work questions, mind you this is my first ever pharm tech job after getting my license.

      Pharmacy Technician Interview

      Dec 15, 2023
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Safeway

      Interview

      It was an easy process. I met with the pharmacy manager. She was kind and helpful. Working with her was a different story though. There was alot of micromanagement. I hated working there. Alot of druggies would come and ask for different prescriptions

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What times are you available.
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      Pharmacy Technician Interview

      Oct 4, 2023
      Anonymous employee
      Hercules, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Safeway (Hercules, CA) in Nov 2022

      Interview

      Very nice and easy, the pharmacy manager is very kind and scheduled an appointment that worked with my schedule and was just overall really pleasant to talk to and made you feel welcomed

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      my experience working in the field
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