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Telephonic followed by technical interview on Microsoft teams. Two members interviewed. Mainly focused on what work has been done in previous company. Focussed mainly on sdtm domains as I had experience in sdtm. Dm dataset disposition adverse events relrec etc are focused
Apply online and get an interview invitation from HR. 3 consecutive interviews in one day. One with the Programming Managers, one with Statisticians, one with other programmers. Have coding test and general questions and CV questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you change the length of a variable in the dataset.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PPD (Durham, NC) in Feb 2022
Interview
Nice interviewers. SAS questions: SAS merging, removing duplicates. The interview process went well in general, but the job requires not simply statistical programming, but also analytical capabilities. Knowledge about different programming languages.
