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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PPD (Madison, WI) in Jan 2015
Interview
Interview process is very structured and questions are broad. All questions are from a targeted selection handbook that they cannot deviate from very much. I met with 3 different people of various levels and they each asked me 3 questions from the handbook and took notes. Some of the questions overlapped.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you did not meet a customers expectations.
Very friendly fairly easy. Very helpful when moving offered me a list of apartments to look into. Thorough interview with different parts of the team I was to be working with at the time
Panel interview with three people then the director. Only one person at a time. One interview was technical questions, others were typical interview questions. Started with a “tell me more about…” from your resume.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What’s the difference between gram negative and gram positive bacteria?
I applied online. I interviewed at PPD (Richmond, VA)
Interview
Was not very well put together. The interviewers were essentially falling asleep as soon as they came in. It was not a good experience overall. The interview process is long, with interviewers who don’t engage with the interviewee.