PPD is now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific. On December 8, 2021, Thermo Fisher Scientific completed the acquisition of PPD. For up-to-date information, please see the Thermo Fisher Scientific profile.
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PPD interviews FAQs
Project Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at PPD with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Project Assistant roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 33 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at PPD overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at PPD as a Project Assistant according to 33 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 19%
Background check: 12%
Drug test: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Group panel interview: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 2%
Presentation: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PPD (San Diego, CA) in Aug 2016
Interview
It began with a phone interview with an HR rep and then an in person interview ~1 week later with 3 employees. I met with two people from the Clinical Admin Team and one Sr. Project Assistant. They had me sit in their conference room and filtered in and out one person after another for 30 minutes each. They all asked STAR questions and had packets that they wrote my answers down in. Since they were all asking questions to understand your teamwork, time management, problem-solving skills. It became difficult by the third interviewer because it was tough to keep in my head the examples or what I had already said to another interviewer. In summary, it was a long and slightly stressful 90 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give the STAR (situation, task, action, result) for a time when you worked successfully as part of a team (and describe your role).
They mostly use the STAR Method for interviewing. I interviewed with 3 different people at the management level. Positive experience overall. There's also a screening with HR prior to the in-person interview.
I applied through other source. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PPD (Austin, TX) in Oct 2019
Interview
Basically was a phone conversation and they asked me a few questions about certain situations and how I'd respond to them. They also asked me what my future entailed and how PPD fit into that timeline.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PPD (North Wales, PA)
Interview
3 interviews in one day, 1 over webex 1 in person & 1 over the phone. They were spread out from 9 - 3 PM so it was a long day. Received an offer the next day. the pay for this position is half of their competitors , no negotiating and they only gave me 10 hours to give a decision.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
A time i saw a problem and took the responsibility to solve it instead of waiting for it to be solved