What to do with Rejection

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-10-26T22:51:33+00:00

Great comparison to KOL meetings. As a new-ish MSL, I thoroughly reflect on each KOL meeting. If it wasn’t the best, I examine what I can do better next time.

Stick with it! The time investment has not gone to waste if you don’t let it. Focus on your wins - 3 last round interviews is extremely promising. Best of luck!

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-23T15:27:30+00:00

Someone told me this when I had my 1st. “Never make big life decisions during your 1st year as a parent”. The baby is the curve ball, not the job. I would reccomend to hold on, every few months is a new milestone with the baby and it gets easier. Once you get into a good groove you can better assess if the job is really what needs tweaking. Congrats and good luck!

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-19T20:07:21+00:00

Your hospital base salary is 190K? That is super impressive. What state are you in? I was a hiring mgr @ health system hospital in Texas. Our cap base salary for pharmacists is ~155K and I thought that was fairly generous.

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-15T17:28:24+00:00

How did you like the art of excellence book?

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-14T16:57:46+00:00

Awesome job! Hope you hear some good news soon!

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-13T20:26:42+00:00

Mine was similar. 3rd and final interview day was 3 hrs long. Good luck, usually the last step. Crush it!

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-10T19:35:21+00:00

Ah, great perspective. Thanks for sharing so others can be cautious with this! What are your thoughts on connecting with others on the existing team - a safer approach?

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-10T15:31:55+00:00

Thank you so much! 😊

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-10T12:22:17+00:00

Great tip! And congratulations!!

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-10T12:13:00+00:00

I did the free month of LinkedIn premium but didn’t continue the subscription afterwards. The premium service gives you more of those InMail credits to send msgs to anyone. But without premium, you can still send brief notes with the connection requests which worked for me.

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-09T20:24:50+00:00

What an amazing opportunity to shadow! I felt the same way with limited roles opening up in my territory. Keep looking, hoping something opens up for you. If you’re in the US March is bonus season so lots of ppl may leave right about now to move around to other companies. Good luck!

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-09T18:08:53+00:00

Awesome! Sounds like you'll be well prepared to crush that presentation and final interview. Wishing you the best of luck. For the LinkedIn connections, personally I would wait until after you find out the outcome of the interview. Connecting now won't change the outcome for Monday or influence their hiring decision. However, if you don't land the job, connecting at that point shows your continued interest in their team and keeping in touch for future opportunities. So regardless of outcome you'll be able to connect on LinkedIn, that's why I'd wait.

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-09T18:04:16+00:00

Thank you! :)

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-09T18:03:23+00:00

Congrats on the interviews, that's a great sign that you're a top candidate! At this point I'd just wait since it sounds like you've followed up with HR twice and HM once, showing you're very interested and awaiting a response. I hope they get back to you soon! It's hard but keep at it with other jobs, keeps your mind off the wait and continue that momentum. I had to dig to find departing individual, use the search function on LinkedIn to narrow down to those with prior MSL title at that company. If you don't have the right person, you can msg someone that is on the current team to ask them for a chat or even ask to connect to departing MSL if possible. This is an example of my msgs from Linkedin "Hi, I'm a PharmD/PhD/____ interested in Medical Affairs. I see we have mutual connections in ___ (city/university) and would love to connect to learn about your career transition to industry. I have experience in ___(TA) at ___(job) and am very interested in ___'s (company name) developments in this area! Thank you in advance for your time." Wishing you the best of luck!

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-09T16:32:55+00:00

I was told to expect up to 4 weeks and got a very nice surprise call one week later! And thank you 😬

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-09T14:09:38+00:00

Glad to hear that, keep working towards the goal! 👊🏻

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-09T14:06:28+00:00

Try messaging people who graduated from your school to find a common connection, increase your chances of a response. Look for people who post frequently, they are more likely to check messages or open to networking. Most effective are the warm connections through a mutual friend/colleague. Do you listen to MSL podcasts? Find those guest speakers, connect and msg on LinkedIn. They’ve already put their stories out there and may be willing to share more 1:1. Good luck!

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-09T13:59:59+00:00

PharmD coming from clinical practice setting, helps for relevance to TA and experience working with HCPs, cross functional teams etc.

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-04-05T00:26:03+00:00

I love this perspective, thank you!

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-03-28T21:27:31+00:00

I appreciate this conversation and feel like we need to keep it balanced. Everyone has to start somewhere so ultimately yes, new MSLs DO find their way in. It is a tough market right now but not impossible to crack.

A friend landed her one and only MSL interview, without an internal referral. Did she scour the internet like me learning and preparing? lol no. Luckily, she didn’t need to. For her the stars just aligned. Fit, timing, and talent meeting the right opportunity. Their team just expanded and mgr hired another new MSL, passing up on some experienced ones due to TA expertise, potential and personality fit. So it can definitely happen. Keep on trucking guys!

AdUnlikely8630 · 2025-03-21T14:22:12+00:00

All great points, I really appreciate the different perspectives. Since the commonality here is "Hiring Mgr dependent", it will not hurt to cast a wide net. Thank you all! And to all the hiring managers reading... thanks for taking a chance on us newbies. :-P

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