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Thargor wrote: »

The shift pattern is alternating days and nights 7-7, kind of like this:

https://www.bmscentral.com/learn-employee-scheduling/2-2-3-2-2-3-rotating-shift/

You have a long week and a short week alternating, 12 hour shifts, 7-7, so 2 nights on, 2 days off, 2 days on 3 days off. It will make more sense when you do it. Basically a 3 day weekend every 2 weeks and you're never more than a couple of shifts away from 2-3 days off so loads of free time.

The work is grand, you're busy but well trained, it's repetitive but they're very fair and everyone is sound, time flies in there. Great money, 33% shift premium, overtime if you want it, free breakfast, free lunch every day, good breaks, good pension, stock options, bonuses etc, it's about as good as you could hope for, huge opportunity for advancement aswell, once you have a bit of experience you'll be promoted.

Thargor wrote: »

Yeah as generic as it gets what motivates you type stuff, emphasise your love of science and working as a team, they're big into that, say you like them because of their emphasis on the science, founded by scientists etc, see the website and you'll understand. Also stick to procedure always no exceptions, they're huge into that. Skype interviews these days obviously. I think the first one was phone.

90% of new starts have feck all experience so don't worry about that.

Thargor wrote: »

The phone interview will be casual not technical just filtering out time wasters, just talk about your qualifications and experience and the generic what motivates you stuff and how much you love science and teamwork, you prefer shift work to 9 to 5, no issues with night shifts or overtime if needed, what do you know about Regeneron etc, get the companies history and a few current products from the website and wiki. Eylea for macular degeneration was the big breakthrough product for them back in the day, Dupilumab for ezcema is the current big money maker, mention the recent approvals and the exciting looking product pipeline, covid drug etc to show you did your research. Be able to answer what you think your career path would look like, you'd like to be a team lead or supervisor some day maybe.

I don't think I got asked many technical questions tbh, just know it's all bioreactors so know your stuff about them, what they are and what they do, expressing proteins in ecoli and other recombinant systems, monitoring pH and O2 levels, taking samples, making up media and feeds for the reactors, aseptic technique very important always, emphasise that. Maybe read a bit about different gowning levels in cleanrooms, they won't go into much depth anyway, that will cover you aswell if they ask what you expect your day to look like.

Another common question is what would you do if you saw someone doing something wrong, be pretty hard on that they are strict in there, always correct people and if it's serious escalate to supervisor straight away. I can't really think of anything else, best of luck with it.

That's all for bps by the way, QC might be different.

Mick McCarthys Baby wrote: »

It was 2-3 weeks after I applied when they got in touch for the phone interview

Monkey222 wrote: »

I assume they contact you through email to schedule the phone interview?

VE2021 wrote: »

They only give averages, I don't want the averages I want the hard facts, case by case

Mick McCarthys Baby wrote: »

No ( well not yet anyways but it’s coming up to 2 months ) Haven’t got any feedback unfortunately

Hey Thargor,

Thanks for sharing this info

I'd like to work in Regeneron and possibly on the manufacturing side. I've no experience of pharma work though.

• Would you have any feedback on how I should approach applying for jobs. Apply directly or through a recruiter?
• Also, I'm assuming I'd need to do some upskilling courses. Are there courses you'd recommend?

Many thanks

Thanks very much for that feedback Thargor, that's very helpful...

I've a mixed bag of experience. I've a Civil Engineering degree with 10 years experience and a Masters in business with 5 years experience, so a strong skill set but none that would complement the majority of job specs for Regeneron. I'm looking for stability like a lot of others... I'm thinking I will most likely need to look at entry level positions.

Do they take on folks contact only (I'm seeing a lot of 12-18month contract positions) or are there opportunities to get permanent positions from the get go?

Also, I see when you select the role and salary it gives the average salary. For example €40k/year... Are there opportunities for overtime ect?

Fair play to you Thargor, that gives me a good lie of the land... I'll start submitting some applications and see where it takes me.. thanks again for your help... :-)

Haven't heard of people getting signing bonuses. Unless the role you landed is a high position and you've a justification for getting a signing bonus like RSUs in your previous companies that you will lose out on etc. then you probably wouldn't be offered a signing bonus I would think but happy to be corrected on this

Hi I know this is an old thread. But I'm just wondering how long after a medical do you generally hear back? I did one 5 or 6 weeks ago and all went well. Is it normal to wait this long or should I give up!? Cheers..