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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PPD in Sep 2021
Interview
A recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn. Then interviewed with the same recruiter, this prompted to a second interview with department lead and hiring manager. STAR method questions, fairly easy process.
Initially i found the job description in the career site. I have sent my cv and a motivation letter for the position offered. They replied in 2 days, to schedule an phone interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me something about yourself?
Why you want to join our team?
Very professional approach to hiring with assessment of skills that is administered through an automated system prior to an in-person interview at their company headquarters in Wilmington NC, although they also have locations in other parts of the US and around the world.
Analyst 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Analyst roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Analyst according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Group panel interview: 20%
Presentation: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
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