An Interview with a Pharmaceutical Sales Recruiter: Part 3 Featuring Pat Riley Q: I’ve heard that the interview process takes forever. Is this true? In some cases the interview process can take several weeks, but at other times the process can take less than two weeks. It all depends on how the interview processes are ...

An Interview with a Pharmaceutical Sales Recruiter: Part 2 Featuring Pat Riley Tell me, how do you know so much about pharmaceutical sales? Did you ever want to be in pharmaceutical sales? I have been in corporate sales and the executive search field for about 10 years. I began my pharmaceutical sales recruiting career with ...

An Interview with a Pharmaceutical Sales Recruiter: Part 1 Featuring Pat Riley Q: Why do so many people want to be in pharmaceutical sales? Generally speaking, working as a pharmaceutical sales representative has a romantic aura about it. Why? I’m not sure, but the image that comes to my mind of a pharmaceutical sales representative ...

Breaking Into Pharmaceutical Sales By Pat Riley How do I get into Pharmaceutical Sales? As a 6-year veteran of pharmaceutical sales recruiting, I hear this question at least 77 times a day. Breaking into pharmaceutical sales is hard work. Throughout life, you learn “life rules” like “respect your elders” and “wear a shirt at the ...

Pharmaceutical Sales Interviews Can Be Challenging By Pat Riley I hear Pharmaceutical Sales Interviews can be real challenging? Is this true? As a 6-year veteran of pharmaceutical sales recruiting I answer this question with an absolute YES and NO. How can my answer be both yes and no? Well, if you correctly prepare, your interviews ...

5 Ways to Write for Money by David Goldsmith There are many ways to earn a good living as a writer. In my book “25 Ways to Write for Money” I cover twenty five different ways that you can turn your words into cash. In this article I want to show you five ways that ...

Sample Pharmaceutical Sales Interview Questions and Answers What is your perception of a typical day for a pharmaceutical representative? THOUGHT PROCESS: The Hiring Manager is looking for your perception of what the representative does every day. They are also looking for work ethic (working early, late) and commitment to getting the job done. The more ...

Pharmaceutical Sales Recruiter reveals his Top Pharmaceutical Sales Career Boards… (this is where he goes to look for candidates) By Pat Riley TOP Pharmaceutical Sales Career Job Boards These are the sites that I use in my pharmaceutical recruiting and the data was provided by the participating job boards. Evaluation Criteria: I used an extremely ...

5 Types of Article You Can Write by David Goldsmith If you always write the same type of article then you are probably limiting your chances of getting published. Look at your favorite publications and you will see they print a variety of types of article. Here are five of the most popular types. The ...