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If you don't do the assessment test you will not move on. It does NOT asked for your SS# or any private info. It's a basic assessment test. DM's are being hired now and phone screening will happen in April with launch in June.
 






I took the assessment and the day after I took it I got a security email from Google stating someone tried to log into my email from Vietnam and Google had blocked them. I was told to change all passwords which I did. Please be careful. I plan to contact IQVIA to let them know this
 






anonymous said:
I took the assessment and the day after I took it I got a security email from Google stating someone tried to log into my email from Vietnam and Google had blocked them. I was told to change all passwords which I did. Please be careful. I plan to contact IQVIA to let them know this
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I got the same email from Moscow soliciting “contributions” to the Clinton foundation......I’m not very sophisticated in this department, but it just seemed a little fishy to me....
 












It’s always good to be cautious. I sent in an application for an ADHD position. I received a thank you letter. Then I received the assessment email. I took the assessment. For me, the link worked fine, the assessment looked like one I had taken before in this industry, and I really did not receive any suspicious emails after the assessment. Again, I think it is always good to be cautious but I was also told that if you do not take the assessment then you won’t move on. Also, I had only 5 days to take the assessment before it expired. That has also happened before when a company asked for a personality assessment. I hope this helps some. Good luck to you.
 






anonymous said:
It’s always good to be cautious. I sent in an application for an ADHD position. I received a thank you letter. Then I received the assessment email. I took the assessment. For me, the link worked fine, the assessment looked like one I had taken before in this industry, and I really did not receive any suspicious emails after the assessment. Again, I think it is always good to be cautious but I was also told that if you do not take the assessment then you won’t move on. Also, I had only 5 days to take the assessment before it expired. That has also happened before when a company asked for a personality assessment. I hope this helps some. Good luck to you.
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Old news newbie. This offer period is happening this week, so face it, you're too late either way. Now, good luck to you as well.
 






I was simply trying to offer detailed information. I’ve been in pharma for nearly 15 years. And I currently have a job, so if I’m too late for this one, I will be fine. Thanks.
 


















Once you take the assessment when do you hear back if they will be interviewing you? The response I got was “Thank you for your participation. At this time you have completed all the steps in the process.”
 






anonymous said:
Once you take the assessment when do you hear back if they will be interviewing you? The response I got was “Thank you for your participation. At this time you have completed all the steps in the process.”
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My assessment stated “Soft Release”. “ Thank you for your participation. At this time you have completed all the steps in the process.”

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
 






anonymous said:
I got the assessment and I took it. I did not see anything unusual or illegal in the questions, and I wasn't hacked afterward. I think that part was legitimate.

About 24 hours later I got an email from a man who said he was a hiring manager. He had an Indian or Pakistani name. He asked me 5 questions. It was sales philosophy, where I got pharma training, how many years, what location, awards received, etc. This email came in the early morning, around 6 am Chicago time.

Here's where it gets weird. He said I had to answer immediately, because candidates were called on a first-come, first-serve basis. I've worked in CSO's before but not IQVIA. I've been selected before as a prime candidate for interview by name, not in cattle calls. I responded to the email immediately. Next, I came here and saw the posts about the assessment scam. I got suspicious. It bothered me that some candidates had contacted IQVIA to say they were hacked and the company didn't respond.

Shortly after, I got an email inviting me to an interview near O'Hare airport at a hotel on a Thursday afternoon. I was to see him and a second manager who also had an Indian/Pakistani surname. It was a long interview that would extend from 12:30 to almost 3 pm in the afternoon. The time was non-negotiable. I agreed to it but I felt bad taking so much time from my current job. Also, I had a busy schedule and it's a stretch to get there. The day before my interview, I cancelled via email. Things came up at work and I couldn't get away.

On a separate matter, I was researching ways to keep my landline phone without hassle of telemarketing calls morning, noon and night for decades. I have personal reasons for keeping a landline separate from my cell number. Call blocking is insufficient. I saw the Jolly Roger episode on Shark Tank and signed up. Then I watched their 8 minute tutorials on how it works and listened to half of their youtube recordings of actual calls with captions. It's been a week, and it's successfully weeding out the telemarketers from potential employers (one called) using algorithms. I got a crash course on scamming through Jolly Roger.

I was struck by the overwhelming number of scammers from India and Pakistan. Scammers are all over the world: some from UK, Australia, Africa, Phillipines. But the Indians far outnumber the rest in the USA. I am not prejudiced. I worked for a DM who was Pakistani and a great guy; I've had colleagues that are Indian. But I've never been offered interviews by 2 hiring managers for a CSO that were both from there. The male who called had a heavy accent and was hard to understand, like the telemarketers. He wasn't smooth like my colleagues. I wondered if identity thieves ever set up scam online assessments with in-person interview sessions that mimick drug company CSOs? Would they use a hotel's greeting lounge without booking a room, have candidates fill in applications to get first class personal identity information, with bogus interviews to enhance their cover?

Maybe the interview I skipped was completely legitimate. Or maybe it wasn't. If it wasn't legitimate, I may have escaped the worst ID theft I've ever experienced. It would be a new low for hungry job seekers.
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