About the Author

Pat Riley - Profile:

Pat Riley has been in the executive search field for about 6 years. He began his pharmaceutical sales recruiting career with a leading Houston-based search firm. While at this firm, Pat Riley worked with two world-class pharmaceutical companies to build and expand their national pharmaceutical sales teams. Whether directly or through an affiliate program, Pat has worked with the majority of major pharmaceutical and medical companies. Pat earned awards for top performance in the placement of candidates on a national basis and, in the process, built one of the nation's leading pharmaceutical sales and medical sales recruiting practices.

In October of 2001 he started "10 Abbott Street", an executive search firm specializing in pharmaceutical and software sales placements.

Also in 2001, Pat Riley and a business partner (with 9 years of pharmaceutical sales experience) launched www.pharmaceuticalinterviewquestions.com. The purpose of this site is to provide people with the tools to obtain a pharmaceutical sales position. www.pharmaceuticalinterviewquestions.com is a “one-stop-shopping” pharmaceutical career portal, overflowing with all the information you need to educate and prepare yourself for a career in pharmaceutical sales.

Pat Riley is a native Texan who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1992 from Texas A&M in Industrial Technology. After graduation, Pat Riley spent his first 5 years in various sales positions within corporate America.