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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PPD (Wayne, PA) in May 2011
Interview
Phone screen from the recruiter. Basic questions recruiter as it was clear they were not completely familiar with the position. Then there was an on-site interview. There were only "5 star" personality type questions. Separately, three different individuals conducted the interview, asking similar questions. I Expected to communicate experience and examples that related to the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to work with individuals from various departments to complete a task.
Describe a time when you had to convince management that a particular course of action was not appropriate and an alternate made more sense.
Straightforward interview process, 1 with recruiter, 1 with PPD group lead, and 1 with contact lead of the site. Asked behavioral/situational based questions, and about the skills required in the job description.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time something did not go right and how you handled it.
Are you familiar with working in a GMP lab?
Previous experience?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PPD (Richmond, VA) in Dec 2022
Interview
Very straightforward and quick - applied through the PPD website, got an email from a recruiter within 2 weeks, did a 15 minute phone interview, a 1 hour interview with two team members, and got offered the job a week later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself/What’s your background? Tell me about a recent accomplishment. What’s a difficulty you faced while trying to accomplish that? What’s your experience with pipetting?
I applied online. I interviewed at PPD (Athlone) in July 2022
Interview
It was different kind of interview . Mainly based on situational based questions .. had good experience facing PPD interview ... Talent acquisition team were so supportive. Main thing is they reply even if you are selected or rejected unlike other companies
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Situational based questions.. mainly it was to explain about the problems we faced and how we tackled it