Astellas Associate Director interview questions

Rather aligned with the feedback from other candidates, the recruitment process was very lengthy. It took two weeks from the application to the interview call with the HR manager. It took two weeks from the interview call from the HR manager to the interview with the hiring manager. Followed by three weeks from the interview with the hiring manager to get an update on the status. It was supposed to be four rounds of interviews. 1st round with the HR manager. 2nd round with the hiring manager, which took 1 hr. 3rd round with a business case presentation to the stakeholders. (They will select three candidates to proceed with the next round, two internal candidates, and one external candidate) 4th round with the president. The total estimated time, you would be looking at is 3 to 4 months.

I was invited to interview by the hiring manager, who I had met previously. Had a screening call with an outsourced HR group that knew nothing about the job and asked checkbox style questions and then spoke with the hiring manager for 30 minutes. Was told there would be additional interviews and then they ghosted me. I understand the company is in a bit of turmoil, but this was really unprofessional and I would not advise anyone to take a serious look at Astellas unless they are in desperate need of a job.