The short answer is to be yourself. First and foremost , personality , Do not attempt to suck up or act like something your not. I am a person who used to conduct interviews on a weekly basis myself. I like to look for someone thats very comfortable maintaining a conversation while under pressure. If you treat the interview as if it is a regular conversation about yourself (because it is!) and manage to squeeze in some personality(while maintaining a decent amount of professionalism obviously), and just be honest , you would not feel as if you were under any pressure, and be a definite shoe in. I can honestly say I NEVER "failed" an interview. In fact, most interviews I had ended up not being interviews at all because I would some how manage to get very good in turning a very serious interview into a fun, social conversation.
this is so true. Be afraid.. be very afraid (I NEED MY VICODIN/SOMA/XANAX NOW!!!!...)
Working as a tech at walgreens has quashed any desire I once had to apply to pharmacy school. But my bosses make great money and like their jobs for the most part... I guess they're just insane.....
Walgreens also requires you to get the CPhT within a year of hire... You can pass it with minimal study time (if you're the stereotypical smart pre-pharm kid) but my boss has made an extra effort to teach me a lot of extra stuff about dosing, different drug interactions, etc. Being a pharm. tech is a great way to see about what it will be like to be a pharmacist in the chain retail setting (I know this because I see everything they do). But the job is stressful... and you'll deal with a fair amount of ungrateful people who'll take out all their frustration on you if the state medicaid program won't authorize a 2 week early refill on their opiods.
I agree. This is my story. Some people are so ungrateful and rude!!! Sorry, it's long.....
A customer brought in an old box of Mometasone lotion to order a refill. I punched it in, verified the box again, gave her the box back but she refused to take it --> so i threw it in our DPI box. She said she needed the med asap so we got it ready within 10 minutes. It turned out she didn't pick up the med until the next day. Then she said she gave me a nasonex box and I put in Mometasone (generic for Elocon lotion) instead. She said I gave her the wrong med. I said it is the same as the box she gave me. If she'd like, I could order nasonex now for her. She was mad and complained to corporate. The pharmacy manager gave her the nasonex for free afterwards and did not do a report or told me about it. Three months later, yesterday, CA State Board of Pharmacy came to investigate! This all happened in March and now state board inspector came to our pharmacy to investigate because she claimed that she got a wrong medication. They thought is it a wrong medication compared to the leaflet --> serious --> they came to investigate! I don't know how this gonna turn out because the pharmacy manager was off yesterday. He handled this customer so he will look at it today.
The reason I still remember her was because she was extremely rude and my coworker said that i handled her pretty well. I even said: "Maybe she has a bad day!"
I've been working so hard, always be so nice and go an extra mile ( call MD, call INS to override vacation or lost med, etc.) to help patients --> this is what I got!
