The document provides guidance on answering common interview questions for a pharmaceutical job. It discusses answering introductory questions about yourself, the company, past jobs, strengths, and weaknesses. It also provides tips for answering questions about working under pressure, motivations for the role and company, college major, why you should be hired, relationships, handling stress, and priorities. The document concludes with sample pharmaceutical interview questions and answers on topics like dosage forms, manufacturing processes, analytical techniques, and drug categories.
The document provides guidance on answering common interview questions for a pharmaceutical job. It discusses answering introductory questions about yourself, the company, past jobs, strengths, and weaknesses. It also provides tips for answering questions about working under pressure, motivations for the role and company, college major, why you should be hired, relationships, handling stress, and priorities. The document concludes with sample pharmaceutical interview questions and answers on topics like dosage forms, manufacturing processes, analytical techniques, and drug categories.
The document provides guidance on answering common interview questions for a pharmaceutical job. It discusses answering introductory questions about yourself, the company, past jobs, strengths, and weaknesses. It also provides tips for answering questions about working under pressure, motivations for the role and company, college major, why you should be hired, relationships, handling stress, and priorities. The document concludes with sample pharmaceutical interview questions and answers on topics like dosage forms, manufacturing processes, analytical techniques, and drug categories.
The document provides guidance on answering common interview questions for a pharmaceutical job. It discusses answering introductory questions about yourself, the company, past jobs, strengths, and weaknesses. It also provides tips for answering questions about working under pressure, motivations for the role and company, college major, why you should be hired, relationships, handling stress, and priorities. The document concludes with sample pharmaceutical interview questions and answers on topics like dosage forms, manufacturing processes, analytical techniques, and drug categories.
Introductory Questions 1. Tell me about yourself. Usually, this is the first question to get the interview started. Keep you answer to one or two minutes. Use your resume as a basis and talk a little bit about your education, experience and skills. Address the employer's concern: "Are you qualified for this job?" 2. What do you know about our company? Address the employer's concern: "Are you interested in this job?" To answer this question, you should do your homework and find out the company's products, management team, history, goals, philosophy, etc. before the interview. 3. Why did you leave your last job? If you r doing Job! Address the employer's underlying concern: "Are you committed to this field and job?" Don't say bad things about your former employer. You can say something like you want a more challenging job, you want to move to be closer to your family, you were laid off since your former employer was downsizing, etc. 4. What are your strengths? You know the hidden concern here, right? It's you time to showcase your positive attribute related to the job. Use examples to back up your words. Interview Questions and Answers Part 2 5. What are your weaknesses? Don't be fooled here, the employer now wants a reason why he shouldn't hire you. Give a real weakness that's beyond your control or might be seen as strength. 6. Can you work under pressure? Hidden concern: "Are you motivated to do the job?" Don't just give a yes or no answer. Explain. 7. Why do you want to work for us? What's your interest and motivation? Do you homework before the interview and find out all available information about the company. 8. Why did you choose your college major? Are you interested in this field? Interview Questions and Answers Part 3 9. Why should I hire you? This question is usually asked near the end of the interview. The employer wants to hear one more time, what you have to offer. Showcase your selling points, mention your interest, motivation, abilities and why you can fit in the organization. 10. Tell me about your past relationships with co-workers/supervisors? Can you fit in this organization? Don't say bad things about your former co-workers/supervisors. Use examples to explain you are an easy-going person. 11. How do you handle pressure and stress? Can you do this job? You're not going to yell at others when you're under pressure, are you? 12. What are most important to you in your job? What's your motivation? Money and benefits are not the only things you care in your job, you want to help others, solve problems, have challenges, be recognized for your efforts, etc. 12. Tell us three Brand name of our Drug Product? You should do your homework and find out the company's products.
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Pharmaceutical Interview Questions 1. What is difference between Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutics?
2. What is Industrial Pharmacy?
3. What is Dosage Form?
4. Describe the types of dosage form?
5. What is Suspension?
6. Describe the difference between Liquid Suspension and powder suspension?
What is difference between injection and infusion?
7. How many types of Tablet describe in detail?
8. What is Wet granulation and Dry granulation?
9. What is Direct Compression Method?
10. What do you mean by BMR?
11. What is Elixirs?
12. What is density?
13. What is Deviation?
14. What do you mean by CAPA?
15. What is Validation?
16. Describe the types of Validation?
17. What is Calibration?
18. What is Qualification? And how many types of Qualification?
19. What is Stability?
20. What are the stability zones and stability condition?
21. What is HPLC?
22. What is difference between vacuum pressure vapor pressure?
23. What should be the temperature and humidity for the tablet compression?
24. What is Enteric coated tablet and Film coated table?
25. What is immediate release table?
26. What is Modified release table?
27. What is sustained release tablet?
28. Describe thickness of tablet?
29. What is Friability?
30. What is Disintegration time?
31. What is Disintegration time for dispersible tablets?
32. What is Disintegration time for Hard Gelatin Capsule?
33. What is Limit of Disintegration for enteric coated?
34. What should be the disintegration time of compressed tablet?
35. What is difference between the Humidity and Relative humidity?
36. How to select HPLC column for particular products?
37. What is Dissolution?
38. What is difference between Drug purity and Drug potency?
39. How impurity is analyzed in any tablet?
40. What is Polarimeter lamp and IR lamp?
41. What is cGMP and GLP?
42. What is capacity factor?
43. Which gases are used in gas chromatography?
44. What is chromatography?
45. What is pH?
46. What is Sterilization?
47. What is Distillation?
48. What is placebo?
49. What is difference between QA and QC?
50. What is the procedure for Drug registration for Local Purpose? Describe the registration rule?
51. Which guideline is following by Pharmaceuticals Organizations in Pakistan?
52. What do you mean by IPC and LC?
53. What is LOD?
54. What is RH factor?
55. Define the types of packaging?
56. In Syrup which concentration of sugar, usually used in Pakistan?
57. What is the heart of HPLC?
58. What is the Disintegration Time of Chewable tablet?
59. What is Assay and Potency?
60 In which clinical trials or experiments drug test on animals?
61. What is conductivity?
62. Chloroquine is use in the treatment of?
63. ICH stand for …………………………………………………….? (International Conference Harmonization)
64. PPM stand for ……………………………………………………? (Parts Per Million)
65. FIFO stand for ……………………………………………………? (First in First Out)
66. Define the Hypertension therapy?
67. Define natural emulsifying agent?
68. What Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria?
69. Which drugs is Cell Wall Inhibitor?
70. Define Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic?
71. Define route of administration?
72. How many Generation of Cephalosporin?
73. Which drugs is Protein synthesis inhibitor?
74. Tetracycline is use for……………………..?
75. Define the generations of quinolones and its mechanism of action?
76. Which drug is ACE inhibitor?
77. What is homogenization?
78. Sticking may be due to…………….?
79. Who was discovering the Penicillin?
80. Capping may occur due to?
82. What is antidote of Paracetamol?
83. Body wide effect of a specific drug is called?
84. What is difference between Drug Purity and Drug Potency?
85. What are the steps for sterilization procedure for Dry Powder Injection facility? 86. Half Life of Drug determine the…………?
MCQs
87. Identify the term used for the study of drugs and their effect on the body :
A Pharmacy B Pharmaceutical C Pharmacology D Physiotherapy The correct answer is C. Pharmacology is concerned with the study of drugs, covering absorption, metabolism and excretion of drugs from the body along with the effect that the drug has on the body.
88. Identify the route of administration for ear drops :
A Oral administration B Parenteral administration C Topical administration
The correct answer is C. Ear drops are an example of a topical medication.
89. Identify the term used to describe an injection that is given just under the skin of an animal:
A Subcutaneous B Intramuscular C Intravenous D Epidural The correct answer is A. Subcutaneous injections are given just under the skin of the animal.
90. Identify the term used to describe an injection that is given into the vein of an animal :
A Subcutaneous B Intramuscular C Intravenous D Epidural The correct answer is C. Intravenous injections are given into the vein of an animal.
91. Identify the check that does not need to be made when giving drugs to an animal:
A Check ID of the animal
B Check the ID of the owner C Check the ID of the kennel/enclosure D Check the health records The correct answer is B. The ID of the owner does not need to be checked when giving an animal medication.
92. Identify the category of drug which acts to prevent blood from clotting :
A Analgesic B Antibiotic C Anticoagulant [True] D Antidiuretic The correct answer is C. An anticoagulant stops blood from clotting
93. Identify the category of drug which acts to relieve pain:
A Analgesic B Antibiotic C Anticoagulant D Antidiuretic The correct answer is A. Analgesics act to relieve pain.
94. Identify the category of drug which acts to remove intestinal worms:
A Antibiotic B Anthelmintic C Diuretic D Emetic The correct answer is B. Anthelmintics work to destroy intestinal worms.
95. A drug which prevents uric acid synthesis by inhibiting the enzyme xanthine oxidase is:
