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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?
Senior Scientist 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 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Scientist roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 13 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 Senior Scientist according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 21%
One on one interview: 15%
Background check: 13%
Drug test: 10%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 3%
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