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Advice You - Hiring is Not Easy-Interviewing Techniques to Improve Your Success
Interview Objectives
The first thing we need to establish before we go through any interviews are the objectives of the selection process. Interviewing should not be just about filling an open position. Anytime you have an opening to hire someone, you have an opportunity to build bench strength, organizatio
The first thing we need to establish before we go through any interviews are the objectives of the selection process. Interviewing should not be just about filling an open position. Anytime you have an opening to hire someone, you have an opportunity to build bench strength, organizatio
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
nal effectiveness and the opportunity to introduce fresh ideas and new insights into the organization and it doesn’t matter what level in the hierarchy the opening exists in. Consider the following key objectives of the selection process.
1. Filling the immediate opening with an individual with the required s
1. Filling the immediate opening with an individual with the required s
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
kill sets.
2. Building a talent pool for future job openings at higher levels in the organization. Promotion from within is a building block for unity, cohesiveness and validation of respect for employees. Make sure you select the best based on not only current skill sets but also based on future potential fo
2. Building a talent pool for future job openings at higher levels in the organization. Promotion from within is a building block for unity, cohesiveness and validation of respect for employees. Make sure you select the best based on not only current skill sets but also based on future potential fo
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
r individual growth.
3. A cultural fit. Developing or maintaining a specific cultural identity should be a consideration. Teamwork and camaraderie is essential to success. Personality profiling can help you determine if the job candidate will “fit in” to your organization. Peer interviews of final candidates
3. A cultural fit. Developing or maintaining a specific cultural identity should be a consideration. Teamwork and camaraderie is essential to success. Personality profiling can help you determine if the job candidate will “fit in” to your organization. Peer interviews of final candidates
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
can also prove beneficial.
Consider the “Team Interview” Approach
When a job opening occurs, this is an opportunity to do a job function analysis to determine if the current scope of authority and responsibility are in alignment with departmental and corporate objectives. A hiring team made up of the departm
Consider the “Team Interview” Approach
When a job opening occurs, this is an opportunity to do a job function analysis to determine if the current scope of authority and responsibility are in alignment with departmental and corporate objectives. A hiring team made up of the departm
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
ental supervisor, a Human Resources (HR) representative, and another departmental manager that has a stake in the functions that are performed by this particular job injects balance and insight into the hiring process... Of course, HR does all the initial screening of candidates based on the qualifications and
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
skill sets outlined by the manager that the candidate will report to. It is very possible that these job requirements have changed based on the job function analysis. In fact, I have seen cases where the entire job has changed and even the person the job candidate reports to can change.
Now, Let’s Face Reali
Now, Let’s Face Reali
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
y
Hiring the right individual, with the right skill set, that has the right attitude and the right personality to fit in can be one of the most challenging endeavors any manager will ever face. Leveraging your chance of success by using the team approach, profile testing and seriously checking references help
Hiring the right individual, with the right skill set, that has the right attitude and the right personality to fit in can be one of the most challenging endeavors any manager will ever face. Leveraging your chance of success by using the team approach, profile testing and seriously checking references help
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
s. But, if you have several qualified candidates it’s still like flipping a coin. You just can’t be positive about your choice until you see the individual in action. Sometimes it takes months, even years to see the real person you hired whether it’s really good or really bad. Finding the rally bad ones months
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
after you have hired them can be extremely expensive.
Face it. What you are trying to accomplish in the selection process is to predict the way an individual will behave in the future in your environment working for a specific manager. The question that needs to be answered is ---- “How will this candidate
Face it. What you are trying to accomplish in the selection process is to predict the way an individual will behave in the future in your environment working for a specific manager. The question that needs to be answered is ---- “How will this candidate
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
perform on X job in department Y at your company.
Obviously, you can not predict the future behavior of any individual regardless of the testing, the interviews or the reference checking with a high degree of accuracy. No one can. However, if you study the environment that the individual will be working under
Obviously, you can not predict the future behavior of any individual regardless of the testing, the interviews or the reference checking with a high degree of accuracy. No one can. However, if you study the environment that the individual will be working under
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
, you have leader’s not just managers in your organization that understand the concept of coaching and mentoring and if you have done your homework on the individual candidate, then your odds of success improve dramatically.
By the way, nobody ever provides a reference on a resume from someone that isn’t goin
By the way, nobody ever provides a reference on a resume from someone that isn’t goin
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
g to sing glowing praises about them. If you really want more realistic references, call the candidates former employers and just ask to talk to someone in the department that the candidate worked in. You may even be able to get some names while you are interviewing the candidate through casual conversation.
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Remember, prediction of candidates probable future behavior can be based on the assumption that people tend to behave consistently under similar circumstances. Knowledge of present and past behavior is derived by asking the right questions during an interview and doing thorough and complete reference and back
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
round checks.
The Four Key Principles of a Successful Interview Process
1. Know everything possible about the job requirement that need to be filled. Don’t depend solely on a written job description. Define the requirements for both good performance and exceptional performance. Try to anticipate the leadersh
The Four Key Principles of a Successful Interview Process
1. Know everything possible about the job requirement that need to be filled. Don’t depend solely on a written job description. Define the requirements for both good performance and exceptional performance. Try to anticipate the leadersh
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
ip skills required regardless of the level of responsibility of the position.
2. Do your homework. Find out as much as possible about your final candidates. Check references (Including some not listed by the candidate), do a back ground check, analyze the data on the application and the resume and collect as
2. Do your homework. Find out as much as possible about your final candidates. Check references (Including some not listed by the candidate), do a back ground check, analyze the data on the application and the resume and collect as
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
much data during the interviewing process as possible. Using the team approach for separate interviews allows you to collaborate and compare answers and opinions.
3. Match the candidate’s skills/qualifications to the job requirements and evaluate his future development potential. This process should utilize s
3. Match the candidate’s skills/qualifications to the job requirements and evaluate his future development potential. This process should utilize s
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
tructured questions to solicit and evaluate the candidate’s level of skills that match the skill requirements of the particular job.
4. Make your decision based on the evaluation of all the data as well as the collaboration between the individual interviewers.
E-mail rick@ceostrategist.com for sample job des
4. Make your decision based on the evaluation of all the data as well as the collaboration between the individual interviewers.
E-mail rick@ceostrategist.com for sample job des
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
criptions or a sample interview guide that provides the following:
• What an interview team should know about job requirements
• What an interviewer should try to discover during an interview
• A basic understanding of the interview process including
o Interview objectives
o Conducting the
• What an interview team should know about job requirements
• What an interviewer should try to discover during an interview
• A basic understanding of the interview process including
o Interview objectives
o Conducting the
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
interview
o Sample thought provoking questions
• Evaluating the candidate using the data collected
• Pre-interview question guide. A list of both legal and illegal questions to help you avoid problem areas. (Note—this is not a comprehensive list and it is not intended to give legal advice
o Sample thought provoking questions
• Evaluating the candidate using the data collected
• Pre-interview question guide. A list of both legal and illegal questions to help you avoid problem areas. (Note—this is not a comprehensive list and it is not intended to give legal advice
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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