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It was a multi-interview process. The first interview was a general interview with a recruiter. The next interview was with two managers. It lasted an hour, 30 minutes to interview with each manager.
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Question 1
In your current position did you ever make a mistake? If so how did you react? Describe a challenging situation and how you overcame it?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at PPD in Jun 2013
Interview
I got my interviews from an employee referral. HR contacted me and we set up a time to have a phone interview. They basically told me about the company and what kinds of benefits I would have. Other than that we chatted about various points on my resume. Wasn't anything too informal - just be yourself. From there we set up a time for me to go to PPD for three separate interviews (20 min each) with three supervisors. Each supervisor has a packet of questions that they need to ask, which were obviously put together by HR. On each page they have three different questions they can ask, so they choose one and you answer it. The supervisor takes notes and moves on to the next page. While answering questions you chat about your resume and just get to know one another. Just be your bubbly self - no one wants to work with someone who is awkward in an interview. It was not a difficult interview process at all, as long as you don't get yourself hyped up about it.
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Question 1
I don't really remember many of the questions, but I think this was one of them: "You discovered that you did something wrong. How did you go about fixing the problem?"
I applied online. I interviewed at PPD (Richmond, VA) in Apr 2023
Interview
Very short and easy. Asked a few technical questions and focused on the resume. The interview consisted of two 30 minute sessions. There was one initial interview with the HR department and then a second interview with the mangers of the lab.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Explain how you used the skills listed on your resume.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at PPD
Interview
the interview was straight forward and easy. I was asked about my relevant experience (work and school) and they asked questions to gauge my team work skills. I spoke to two separate people, one eventually became my boss
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What challenges have you faced and how did you overcome them?
