eGigMedical representative interview questions and answers
Pharma companies hire MRs for communication, product knowledge and field discipline. Expect a product detailing role play and basic pharmacology questions.
11 questions. Read each one, start the timer and answer out loud as if you were in the room, then open the tip. Nothing is recorded.
Why do you want to be a medical representative?
What a good answer covers
Interest in medicine and people, comfort with field work and targets, and a wish to grow into management.
Detail this product to me in two minutes.
What a good answer covers
Open with the doctor’s patient need, give two key benefits with evidence, handle one objection and ask for prescriptions.
How many doctor calls do you make a day?
What a good answer covers
Often 10 to 15 doctor calls plus chemist calls. Say how you plan coverage of your territory.
A doctor refuses to meet you. What do you do?
What a good answer covers
Be patient and polite, find a better time through the staff, and add value with useful information.
A competitor’s brand is stronger. How do you compete?
What a good answer covers
Know the differences, focus on doctors whose patients benefit, and follow up consistently.
What is the difference between generic and branded medicines?
What a good answer covers
Same active ingredient; branded ones carry a company’s brand name and price, generics are sold by the molecule name.
Explain how a common drug works.
What a good answer covers
Prepare three or four, such as paracetamol, amoxicillin, metformin and atorvastatin: what each treats and how it acts.
What is the UCPMP code?
What a good answer covers
The national code for ethical pharma marketing: rules on samples, gifts, travel and claims to doctors.
How do you plan your tour and chemist checks?
What a good answer covers
A monthly tour plan by area, regular chemist visits to check stock and prescriptions.
Do you have a two-wheeler, and are you ready to travel?
What a good answer covers
Most MR roles need one. Answer honestly about travel.
How do you report your daily work?
What a good answer covers
A daily call report on the company app with doctors met, products detailed and samples given.
All 11 questions with answers
1. Why do you want to be a medical representative?
Interest in medicine and people, comfort with field work and targets, and a wish to grow into management.
2. Detail this product to me in two minutes.
Open with the doctor’s patient need, give two key benefits with evidence, handle one objection and ask for prescriptions.
3. How many doctor calls do you make a day?
Often 10 to 15 doctor calls plus chemist calls. Say how you plan coverage of your territory.
4. A doctor refuses to meet you. What do you do?
Be patient and polite, find a better time through the staff, and add value with useful information.
5. A competitor’s brand is stronger. How do you compete?
Know the differences, focus on doctors whose patients benefit, and follow up consistently.
6. What is the difference between generic and branded medicines?
Same active ingredient; branded ones carry a company’s brand name and price, generics are sold by the molecule name.
7. Explain how a common drug works.
Prepare three or four, such as paracetamol, amoxicillin, metformin and atorvastatin: what each treats and how it acts.
8. What is the UCPMP code?
The national code for ethical pharma marketing: rules on samples, gifts, travel and claims to doctors.
9. How do you plan your tour and chemist checks?
A monthly tour plan by area, regular chemist visits to check stock and prescriptions.
10. Do you have a two-wheeler, and are you ready to travel?
Most MR roles need one. Answer honestly about travel.
11. How do you report your daily work?
A daily call report on the company app with doctors met, products detailed and samples given.
Before the interview
- Read the job description twice and match two of your examples to what it asks for.
- Keep printed copies of your resume, ID proof and certificates ready, even for online rounds.
- Know your current CTC, expected salary and notice period. Check typical pay in our salary guide, and compare offers with the in-hand salary calculator.
- Genuine employers never ask you to pay for an interview, training kit or joining. Report anyone who does.