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went through Walgreens corporate IT interview last month, here's how it actually went

returner_ren · 4 replies

just wrapped up a process for a senior PM role in their digital health division, figured i'd share since there's not much recent info here.

recruiter screen was pretty quick, maybe 25 minutes. she was friendly and focused mostly on why walgreens and what i'd done in regulated or healthcare-adjacent environments. nothing too hard.

then two rounds of video interviews, both on Teams. first one was with the hiring manager, about 45 minutes. majority behavioral, STAR format throughout. questions like "tell me about a time you had to align stakeholders across very different business units" and "describe a project where the requirements changed mid-execution." she was direct and clearly knew what she was looking for.

second round was a panel, three people including someone from the business side and one from IT governance. more of the same but one person asked a question about how i handle ambiguity in large org structures, which felt specific to walgreens' reality. the org is genuinely big and matrixed.

what surprised me: they asked a lot about cost sensitivity and operational scale. this is not a company where "we moved fast and broke things" lands well. they want examples where you were thoughtful about rollout risk and stakeholder communication.

got an offer within 3 weeks of the recruiter call. process felt organized, not startup-chaotic. good for where i'm at.

4 replies

intl_isla

this is really helpful, thank you. did the panel have anyone from HR or just business and IT? i'm prepping for a similar loop and trying to figure out who to research beforehand.

returner_ren

no HR in the panel, just the two i mentioned plus the HM was there again briefly at the end. i did look everyone up on LinkedIn before the call, definitely helped me tailor my examples toward what each person would care about.

sam_recovering

the "thoughtful about rollout risk" note is really useful. a lot of my stories are fast-iteration tech-startup stuff and i've been worried they won't translate to retail environments. sounds like i need to reframe some of them.

market_realist

3 weeks is actually fast for a company at that scale. i interviewed at a different big-box retail chain for a corporate role and it took 7 weeks just to get to the panel.