CVS Pharmacist Hiring

[Yuki0425]

Hi everyone

I am a P4 student now and just had a grad interview with the supervisor for my #1 desired district with cvs. Overall the interview went well, but I had to interview with him again next month because although I answered all his behavior question well, I wasn't familiar with all the metrics and reports. So he said he will give me one month and interview me again. I worked for CVS as an intern for two years so learning would not be problem. My impression was that as long as I learned all the metrics and reports, he is going to give me an offer.

My question is, although this is my #1 desire district and so far it looks like I will get my offer as long as I don't screw up the second interview, should I still apply to my #2 or #3 desire district just in case? Our school is having a career next week and cvs will be attending so I thought that could be my chance to speak to another supervisor at a different district. But I also am afraid that this could backfire on me if the supervisor found out that I interview with another district supervisor because I told him during the interview that his district is the only district I want to work at (it is true).

If I should apply to other districts, what should I say to the supervisor at my #2 or #3 preference? Should I be honest and tell them I am most interested in my #1 preference, but is also interested in this area? Or should I lie...

Thanks for everyone's help!

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[Lnsean]

Hi everyone

I am a P4 student now and just had a grad interview with the supervisor for my #1 desired district with cvs. Overall the interview went well, but I had to interview with him again next month because although I answered all his behavior question well, I wasn't familiar with all the metrics and reports. So he said he will give me one month and interview me again. I worked for CVS as an intern for two years so learning would not be problem. My impression was that as long as I learned all the metrics and reports, he is going to give me an offer.

My question is, although this is my #1 desire district and so far it looks like I will get my offer as long as I don't screw up the second interview, should I still apply to my #2 or #3 desire district just in case? Our school is having a career next week and cvs will be attending so I thought that could be my chance to speak to another supervisor at a different district. But I also am afraid that this could backfire on me if the supervisor found out that I interview with another district supervisor because I told him during the interview that his district is the only district I want to work at (it is true).

If I should apply to other districts, what should I say to the supervisor at my #2 or #3 preference? Should I be honest and tell them I am most interested in my #1 preference, but is also interested in this area? Or should I lie...

Thanks for everyone's help!

Doesn't work that way. DM #2 and #3 are not going to interview you if they know DM#1 is interviewing you...it's just professional etiquette. And yes..they know because they all look at the same computer system. If DM #1 rejects you...it also shows and the others may not even want to waste time interviewing you again.

 

[Sine Cura]

If you were given a second interview, you could see that as a second chance, but it doesn't augur too well for you since after two years you would be expected to know all the metrics.

It doesn't really matter if your RXM didn't teach you anything. Everything you need to learn is on RxNet. It's your job on the line.

I would try to find work at another company instead of looking for a position in another CVS district, just to save you the trouble of having to quit CVS later, assuming you even get the CVS job.

 

[Yuki0425]

If you were given a second interview, you could see that as a second chance, but it doesn't augur too well for you since after two years you would be expected to know all the metrics.

It doesn't really matter if your RXM didn't teach you anything. Everything you need to learn is on RxNet. It's your job on the line.

I would try to find work at another company instead of looking for a position in another CVS district, just to save you the trouble of having to quit CVS later, assuming you even get the CVS job.

Thanks for all the answers! My preceptor didn't introduce me about the metrics and reports at all while I was working at his store and I explained this to the supervisor and apologized . The supervisor actually call my store after the interview and my preceptor explained why I wasn't familiar with the metrics. My store was one the busiest store in the district and my preceptor usually has interns go to his house on a weekend and spend like 6 hours teaching everything about metrics and reports. He was planning to go that with me this past summer, but I went out the country for 1 month, and partly because my supervisor thought the district I went for interview is not a hard district so he felt it not really needed to tell me about these things at the moment. (the interview of some of his other interns who interview at district around mine was a joke, basically just went to meet the preceptor and got the job...but turned out I picked the lottery district)

The interview with the supervisor lasted almost 2 hours. he asked questions for like one hours, then actually spend about 45 minutes going through some of the metrics with me, answer my questions, and taught me a little about how to interpret the reports. I thought this was a good sign and believed I made a good impression thought answering his question so he is willing to give a another chance?

 

[Yuki0425]

Doesn't work that way. DM #2 and #3 are not going to interview you if they know DM#1 is interviewing you...it's just professional etiquette. And yes..they know because they all look at the same computer system. If DM #1 rejects you...it also shows and the others may not even want to waste time interviewing you again.

Thanks for the reply. I will skip CVS and just interview with other company then.

 

[maria1oh]

I had 3 different pharmacy supervisors trying to hire me so I don't think they care what the other ones are doing. I would go ahead and interview with the other locations and see what kind of openings they have.

 

[Yuki0425]

I had 3 different pharmacy supervisors trying to hire me so I don't think they care what the other ones are doing. I would go ahead and interview with the other locations and see what kind of openings they have.

Oh really? what did you tell each supervisor when they asked why you want to work at his/her area? did you tell them you applied for other district as well?

 

[mikejones123]

I've worked for CVS for over 15 years and I don't even know all the stupid metrics. They come up with new ones all the time. Not worth keeping up on. Most CVS supervisors are very shallow and short sited. Just smile and say lines like "Wow, Wecare is such an innovative way for delivering service."

 

[sosoo]

....and my preceptor usually has interns go to his house on a weekend and spend like 6 hours teaching everything about metrics and reports.

does he also teach his other interns how to swim in his swimming pool? half naked? did he offer them drinks laced with sedatives? and he didn't go this route with u because of your x/y gene? inviting kids to your home also invites a lot of eyebrow raising.. its also unethical because they don't get paid for those 6 hours of work. do ppl do this often that im not aware of? its bad enough cvs pharmacists are working extra hours without pay. now they make interns go to private dwellings?

 

[Yuki0425]

does he also teach his other interns how to swim in his swimming pool? half naked? did he offer them drinks laced with sedatives? and he didn't go this route with u because of your x/y gene? inviting kids to your home also invites a lot of eyebrow raising.. its also unethical because they don't get paid for those 6 hours of work. do ppl do this often that im not aware of? its bad enough cvs pharmacists are working extra hours without pay. now they make interns go to private dwellings?

No idea what you are saying for the first half. I know other interns (now grad interns and received offers from cvs) who did this with my preceptor and was successful. I don't know if you are aware of all the reports and metric at cvs pharmacy, it is a huge amount of stuff to learn and there is no way it can be done efficiently while operating a pharmacy that fills 500+ script a day. That is something my preceptor is willing to do at his private time because he wants his interns to be successful and i have no doubt in that.

 

[mentos]

I've been with CVS for 2.5 years and I have no idea what the crap on WeCare is. I just make sure nothing turns red.

 

[ldiot]

Is it typical of CVS to do 2 interviews? Or was this solely because you didn't know the metrics that he wants to re interview you? Also what kind of personality questions did he ask?

 

[pharmgirl1719]

It depends on the district that you're in. I have friends who work in Philadelphia and they had to do 2 interviews. I only had 1 interview and it wasn't very long or complicated (I live in nj). I've worked for cvs for 8 years and my DM didn't even expect for me to know the metrics, just that customers are #1.

 

[metforminpharmd2016]

It depends on the district that you're in. I have friends who work in Philadelphia and they had to do 2 interviews. I only had 1 interview and it wasn't very long or complicated (I live in nj). I've worked for cvs for 8 years and my DM didn't even expect for me to know the metrics, just that customers are #1.

I'm from Philadelphia... and I actually did 2 interviews too. I was a relatively new intern (2 years vs some interns that were longer, [but I actually worked in another community pharmacy for 5 years before that]) so I didn't get a spot in the district I was an intern in, but I was offered an interview with the supervisor for the other district right next to the district and got offered a spot. I'm actually picking up shifts in my old district this coming month.

 

[KimChiSlap]

I've been with CVS for 2.5 years and I have no idea what the crap on WeCare is. I just make sure nothing turns red.

This.
Who knows, but just make sure it doesn't turn red and you kick butt!

 

[ChapKid]

I've been with CVS for about a year and my store has only been dealing with metrics for the last 4 months (Cvs/Target). My district manager so far only really cares that our WeCare score is at +95 and has even said we can stand to go down to ~80-85 since we are considered higher volume. Just know the 5 items that affect your WeCare score and hopefully the rest just falls into place.

 

[ineeddrug]

I didn't have any idea about any metric when I got a job. But when your Sup is nagging you for every metric, then you will learn them magically fast..

WeCare, KPM, myStoreHealth, MCE, Flu shot target.. and they will make more every year..
oh boy.

 

[6GodPharm]

When I fixed my store I broke everything down one by one until I moved on to the next metric. WeCare should always be your first thing to fix. It's your work flow. Once thats set you can worry about your inventory, PCQ and MCE. Don't try to do everything at once but break it down.