I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Sanofi (Bridgewater, NJ)
Interview
Presented by an external recruiter. First interviewed on the telephone by HR and more senior but basically peer employee. Then in person, including by the hiring manager for the unit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a difficult problem and how you solved it.
one day interview in Boston with extremely probing questions about my current employer (another big pharma). Months went by without hearing anything definitive. I still have yet to hear back. I think they were just trying to collected intel...would never interview there again. Very disjointed in addition to the complete lack of feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
questions about specific group structure at current employer
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Sanofi (Cambridge, MA) in Jun 2009
Interview
First a recruiter did a fairly extensive phone screen. Then quite a bit of time went by but eventually I was contacted about my interest in coming in for live interviews. The live interviews were with about 5 people and took most of the day. The interviews themselves were pretty standard, nothing special.