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First I had interview with HR manger I cleared it. Later I had telephonic interview with onshore manager. Next day I got call informing that I gave cleared both the rounds and on phone they communicated the offer and said once the get approval they will send the offer letter. After 3 weeks of follow up I haven't received my offer letter and they haven't responded to my email.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PPD (Wilmington, NC) in Aug 2016
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First I had a phone screening which took about 30 minutes with a recruiter. A couple days later I received an email about an in person interview. The interview was with 3 supervisors and each lasted about 45 minutes. They ask lots of STAR based personality questions. Two days after my interview I was contacted by a recruiter with a job offer. My start date was 2 weeks after the offer was extended.
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When have you made a mistake at work? What was it and how did you fix it?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PPD (Middleton, WI)
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I had a phone interview thay was about 30 mins long. Then the in person interview was with 3 people 30mins each. They were very specific about exactly 30mins. They were generic questions off of a sample sheet. Most of the questions were very similar.
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