There was a one hour technical seminar to a large group plus a full day of 1:1s. 1:1s focused on soft skills questions and technical follow up questions on the seminar or random "if you saw this data, what would your hypothesis be"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would I handle coming up short against a deadline
I applied online. I interviewed at Merck (Rahway, NJ) in Feb 2026
Interview
The interview process starts with a preliminary call with recruiter, followed by a 30 minute call with the hiring manager. The final stage involves panel interviews and a seminar presentation
Met with the hiring manager and two colleagues on the team for an initial video call. Afterwards, got an invite to do a final interview (with a seminar presentation and discussion with some members both in and outside of the hiring manager's team. Overall, very smooth and positive experience!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you handle conflict?
How much flow cytometry experience do you have?
How much bioinformatics data analysis experience do you have?