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Clinical Research Associate applicants have rated the interview process at PPD with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Clinical Research Associate roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 15 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 Clinical Research Associate according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 16%
Background check: 12%
Drug test: 8%
Group panel interview: 6%
Presentation: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at PPD in Nov 2023
Interview
Applied online and heard back about 2 months later for a telephone interview. That went well and then had a teams interview with two managers.
They were very friendly and firstly went through my CV in depth. Asked about my experience the trials I had worked on and how often I had monitored.
Then it went onto scenario based questions which lasted for about 25 minutes. The whole interview was finished in about 1hr10 mins.
I heard back a week later to say I had the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Take me through a normal monitoring visit
What is a serious breach
What would you do if you were handed a study and the site hadn’t been monitored for 8 weeks
What would you do if the PI did not have oversight
What would you do if IMP was not accounted for
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at PPD
Interview
The process was smooth. There were 2 interviews for 30mins each and they asked a lot of behavioral questions. The interviewers were kind and knowledgeable. I would say make sure you prepare and leave a great first impression they made an offer really fast.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PPD (Munich, Bavaria) in Jun 2023
Interview
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Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Wie würden Sie mit unhöflichen / respektlosen Studienärzten umgehen?