Pharmaceutical Industry interview advice/topics/terminology to read up on

RE: Pharmaceutical Industry interview advice/topics/terminology to read up on

Chris Geddes — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 11:10:44 GMT

I've interviewed a lot of vets in practice for industry roles over the years. It's actually not difficult to stand out amongst the crowd. Being a good practitioner and a good industry vet involve quite different skill-sets. Interviewers of course all looking for different things, but generally the person is more important than what they've swotted up on prior to the interview. Are they friendly, engaged, motivated, interested. Do know what the role is about - speak to other people doing it. Know why you want to do the role - you'd be amazed at the number of vets who tell you all about why they don't want to work in practice rather than why they want to do the role they're applying for. Obviously know the company's products and how they compare to competitor products. Have a look how the company are currently marketing products - don't criticise, the originator of that campaign could be sat in front of you - but have thoughts on what they are doing. Have a think about how you could help improve the sales of those products - are they missing a trick on not telling people that they have the only NSAID that does xyz? Oh, and don't turn up straight off the yard covered in SH1T - fortunately I did only see that happen once :)

If you want to PM me, no problem.

Chris

RE: Pharmaceutical Industry interview advice/topics/terminology to read up on

Hannah May — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:07:00 GMT

Hi- have you seen the facebook group "vets: stay, go or diversify"? there could be useful things on there- there's interviews with vets working in industry and an interview with Adrian Nelson-Pratt about getting a job in industry.

RE: Pharmaceutical Industry interview advice/topics/terminology to read up on

Anthony Dennison — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:48:01 GMT

I would imagine look to see if any of the companies you are interviewing for are developing any new products so you can show interest. The Vet Times has the weekly VMD update of changes in SPCs and also availability of drugs. That may come in handy as a discussion point.

It may be more about your ability to communicate and network rather than knowledge of pharma at the time of the interview that they are looking for - you'll be taught about all the meds when you get the job.