Merck Sr Scientist interview questions

Overall it is very long, across several months. Guess that is typical for big pharma. Submitting application, got phone interview, got on-site, one month in between each step. Since the process was during the year-end holidays, i have another month of delay. I have two phone interviews with two principal scientists and those were pleasant talk on my own work. The one-day on-site is also quite pleasant, although very tired too. Talked with all directors from other sites and the head of the department, also with scientists inside or outside the group i applied for. Everybody are interested in your presentation and the 1-on-1 always started with your presentation and then moved onto other questions. Very science-based.

I applied online and was contacted for a phone interview a couple months later. Then, about a month later, I came on site to interview, and I did not find out whether I was getting the job for about 3 months after that. Communication was lacking for sure, and the process took far too long.