One morning in August, Robin Dayer arrived at the Chicago headquarters of Abbott Laboratories to interview for a financial-analyst job. By nightfall, she’d landed the position.

Ms. Dayer, 45-years-old, was one of four candidates who interviewed around the same time for the job. They were all part of a new program, launched in July and designed to accelerate the pharmaceutical company’s recruiting process. Before then, candidates were expected to participate in two or three interviews over a span of several weeks before an offer was made.

Welcome to the world of speed interviewing.

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