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I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at PPD in Jan 2016
Interview
I was sent a screening email from recruiter, then a phone call was scheduled with same person. After approval from hiring manager, there are two skype interviews, then a F2F.
In my phone screening questionnaire, I was asked when is a good time to be contacted and I said anytime after 4pm. She scheduled a call with me on Monday at 11PM. I thought that was a strange time, but she confirmed. She calls me at 11AM (of course) when I am at work and very frazzled. I was not organized and did not feel comfortable answering questions.
I was told it would be STAR format, but they were basically just involved with the patients and PI, with neither of whom I have contact.
In my current position, many of the questions did not apply, but she kept asking them. Very frustrating.
I was also told I would hear back in 24-48 hours, whether they wanted to move forward or not. When I did not hear back, I guessed they were not moving forward. I got the rejection letter the day of.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you disagreed with a PI about reporting deviation, eligibility criteria, etc.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at PPD
Interview
First there will be an HR interview. Then there will be a 30 minute phone interview with the group leader. The final step is a 3-hour long structured interview. Which mostly focuses on behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a situation when you had to work under a lot of stress. What was the outcome?
How do you deal with conflict?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PPD (Madison, WI) in Feb 2022
Interview
Started out with phone screen by the recruiter and then another phone interview with a group leader. This was followed by the final interview with 3 other group leaders . Received email a few hours later letting me know I would be getting a job offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lots of behavior questions. Didn't get any technical questions although one interviewer did get into depth about purpose of experiments, future directions of project, why I chose to do certain experiments the way I did.
Began with a HR phone screen and then moved to a video interview stage. Because of COVID, this was the final stage. There was no on-site visit because of this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a mistake you made and how did you learn from ti?