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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PPD (King of Prussia, PA) in Mar 2016
Interview
Applied online for a small molecule HPLC based position. 1-2 months later, I get an email and a phone call from their HR/Recruiter asking if I am interested in another position that is large molecule HPLC based due to my experience with large molecules. I agreed and scheduled a personal interview.
I was scheduled to interview with 3 individuals. During the actual interview, I was rush interviewed by the first individual because she had a meeting to attend, and very lightly interviewed by the last two individuals. It was clear that the last to guys really did not care about the interview and were only stretching it to escape from doing other work. The 2 hour interview was mostly a rambling conversation between the two interviewers with an occasional STAR based interview question directed at me. If there was a tricycle in the room, I was definitely the third wheel.
Good luck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time when you had a conflict with your superior or co-worker and how you resolved the situation.
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 Jul 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