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Updated Jul 14, 2025
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The interview was like nails on a chalk board. I could immediately tell the job was already secured and I was just interviewing because of the process. The interviewer was senior level in the position I was interviewing for. The interviewer jumped right to the bombardment of behavioral questions and didn't stop until we hit our time limit. Instead of talking about the role itself, she just went through an hour of asking questions in a dull monotone voice. I am glad I don't have to work with someone like that.
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Behavioral/ situational. "Tell me about a time when...". I got about 25 of those before time expired.
I applied through other source. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at PPD (Fayetteville, NC) in Sep 2022
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The interview was conducted via zoom. It was a little akward when about 15 minutes into the meeting a senior agent unexpectedly appeared in the middle of my interview with the departments lead agent and then the remainder of the interview was left up to the senior agent. Overall it went very well and I was able to quickly adjust and build repoire with both interviewers. It just boiled down to another candidate having more corporate experience than I did.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PPD (Atlanta, GA) in Jun 2021
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Online Application. Referred to recruiter by internal employee. Recruiter called and set up a 30 minutes interview with themselves (the recruiter for that position). They were more focused on the specific position vs overall company jobs/openings. It was a fast process and they set up more interviews with 1 people manager and then later with 2 at the same time. I received an offer shortly thereafter.
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My role utilizes excel heavily so I was asked about commands like VLOOKUP. I was also asked about times I solved problems, my experience working with research, and what I am looking for in the next 5 years.