AbbVie·Research Scientist

AbbVie Research Scientist interview experience

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United StatesPosted Apr 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a fairly tight hiring manager 1:1 interview that lasted about 30 minutes.

The focus was technical, rooted in my research and working experience, and the questions were very deep.

What threw me off at first was that the answers weren’t things I could guess quickly. It felt like the interviewer expected me to be thoughtful and to understand the relevant literature closely, almost like I needed to have read the right papers carefully rather than just having general familiarity.

I didn’t get an offer from that round. Still, I respected the way they tested depth—my reflection afterward was that if I hadn’t done enough careful reading and reflection beforehand, the

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