What do you feel has been your greatest work-related accomplishment?

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As part of their core values that define their work, Gilead Sciences believes in bringing your best through excellence and doing what's right through integrity. Your interviewer wants to hear you talk about what you feel has been your greatest accomplishment to date.

Talking about your most significant accomplishment will give the interviewer an idea of where you place your values and how you will bring them to life at Gilead Sciences. It will also show the interviewer more about your personality, how you like to be motivated, and how to coach you in the future. It is okay to brag a bit when answering this question and show that you are proud of yourself and your career accomplishments! If you are young in your career or a new graduate, you can certainly feel free to discuss your biggest accomplishment in your academic career or personal life.

"I consider my biggest accomplishment to be graduating from my undergraduate program with a 3.9 GPA and being accepted into a reputable master's degree program. The hard work, dedication, and work habits I formed during my first four years of college have instilled in me a working attitude that I will bring to work here each day at Gilead Sciences."

"While I've been a part of many great and innovative developments throughout my career, I consider my greatest accomplishment to be when I was asked to present at the ASCLS annual meeting back in 2019. It was an honor to know that my work and research were seen as groundbreaking, and to present my findings and discuss results with top leaders in the field was certainly gratifying and a learning experience."

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"I am proud of having been able to have an academic career together with ______ industry experience."