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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
How an individual defines success in their work can vary from person to person. The team at Bristol-Myers Squibb asks this question to gauge where you put your priorities in your work and to hear that you will always strive for great things as a part of their team.

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"I define success as my ability to reach the goals set for me. On a personal level, those goals are the things I wish to achieve in my life. On a work level, they are the targets that are set for me and the professional development I seek. Can you shed some light on how success is measured here at Bristol-Myers Squibb?"

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"Success, to me, is achieved when I am pleased with the quality of my work and feel proud to submit it. In this role at Bristol-Myers Squibb, that would equate to accuracy in setting up new vendors for clinical trials, ensuring all clients achieved 100% satisfaction and always maintaining positive relationships for continued growth into the future."

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Before your interview with Bristol-Myers Squibb, think about what success means to you in your work. Tell the interviewer how you see success, and tie your answer to the success that you plan to bring to this position at Bristol-Myers Squibb, should you be offered the role.

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