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Executive Administrative Assistant

AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Full time · Administrative

Posted Sep 21, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 25, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about supporting a vice president or executive and what you took off their desk.

What they are checking: The posting is advanced support to a Corporate VP, SVP or executive.

Tell me about training a newer administrative assistant.

What they are checking: The posting names training and coordinating work for new administrative assistants.

This role is at North Chicago. How does that fit your life?

What they are checking: Honest fit with the location the posting states.

What would you do

How do you handle confidential information that reaches you?

What they are checking: An executive assistant sees things before anyone else does.

How do you follow purchasing and requisition procedures when someone senior wants a shortcut?

What they are checking: The posting names purchasing and requisition procedures alongside security and privacy rules.

How do you decide what needs your executive and what you can handle?

What they are checking: The judgment that makes an executive assistant valuable rather than busy.

About the work

Walk me through managing a calendar when everything conflicts.

What they are checking: The daily craft of the job, and where judgment shows more than organization.

Walk me through booking complex travel and what you do when it falls apart.

What they are checking: The posting names scheduling travel, and recovery is the part that matters.

Tell me about how you use Microsoft Office beyond the basics.

What they are checking: The posting asks for advanced software skills.

How do you organize onboarding and an office setup for someone starting next week?

What they are checking: The posting names new employee setups, onboarding and offboarding including equipment return.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

Provides advanced administrative support to a Corporate Vice President, Senior Vice President, or Executive. May provide back up support to higher-level management as needed. Responsibilities • Responsibilities include all administrative functions of the department: answering phones, calendar management, scheduling travel, managing correspondence and scheduling couriers, processing expense reports, meeting/event planning, creating or modifying business documents, preparing presentations from source materials, handling technology and equipment setups, acting as a liaison for remote access issues. • May include some support for tracking budget expenditures. • Follows purchasing and requisition procedures, Corporate Security and Privacy Rules, Corporate Branding Guidelines, and Copy Center procedures (if applicable). Orders office supplies as necessary. • Uses advanced software skills to perform work assigned. • Uses and understands Microsoft Office Suite and other business-specific software, including the Corporate Travel Web site, and employee performance management systems (as applicable). • Coordinates new employee office set-ups and onboarding and may assist with offboarding activities such as equipment return. • May train/coordinate work for new administrative assistants. • Follows executive onboarding procedures. • High School diploma or equivalent. Some college preferred. • 5+ years previous admin experience or equivalent. • Operates with little instruction and minimal supervision. • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, Visio or OrgPlus, and Lotus Notes or Outlook. ​Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​ • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​ • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​ • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​ Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​ AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html

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