On March 10, 2025, at the Department of Management, Marketing and Quality Assurance in Pharmacy of the NUPh, a lecture on the educational component “Pharmaceutical Management and Marketing” was held for 4th-year higher education students of the educational program “Pharmacy” (also attended by students of the educational program “Marketing”) on the topic “Features of a successful resume and interview with a pharmaceutical company”. The lecturer-organizer of the event is Professor, Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Iryna PESTUN.
The invited speaker for the second time was our former graduate, and now Commercial Training Lead Opella UA (head of organization, training and development of external service of Opella Healthcare Ukraine) Dmitry MATVIENKO.
Opella Healthcare Ukraine is a division of Sanofi in the field of consumer healthcare. The company specializes in the development, production and distribution of over-the-counter medicines and medical products.
Opella operates worldwide, offering a wide range of health products, including pain, allergy, cough, and gastrointestinal products. Its portfolio includes both well-known brands and new products that help more than half a billion consumers around the world take their health into their own hands.
Dmitry MATVIENKO spoke about the company and its corporate values. The report presented the stages of the interview, key markers that the company’s recruiter pays attention to, and questions that may be asked by a job seeker. The speaker paid special attention to the structure of the resume, pointed out best practices in designing and presenting information about themselves.
Applicants received practical and detailed information on how to best prepare and behave during an interview, answer questions in the absence of work experience, which is especially relevant for graduates, and also analyzed practical cases of ready-made resumes, which will enable future pharmacy professionals to form them at a higher level.