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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PPD in Aug 2010
Interview
A recruiter contacted me and scheduled an initial interview. Then a phone interview was set up. One day later I was asked to fly in for a face-to-face. They put me in a hotel but I was not informed I would have to pay for parking. It was very frustrating. When I mentioned it to HR they said to keep my receipt for reimbursement. I thought that was wrong since I was neither an employee nor a vendor. They did give me a breakfast voucher for the following morning upon check-in as well as paid for my internet usage in my room. The people seemed friendly but very busy which is typical in this industry. I was offered the position One day later.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
What steps would you take to handle a difficult site?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PPD (Los Angeles, CA) in Feb 2016
Interview
PPD would send you an email to set up a phone interview and also send you a list of questions which you shold send them before the phone onterview. After the 1st phone interview if you are selected they have you set up another phone in interview. Post that one if your are selected they have either a face to face interview or Skype interview. After that they let you know if you are selected or not.
Questions are usually scenario based - what did you do when..... you just have to give your experiences. Also they may ask why you want to be a CRA and what interests you to be one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Provide an example of an AE where you disagreed with the physician's assessment in relationship to study drug.
Tell me about a time you interacted with someone who used medical terminology you did not understand.
Provide an example of a time when you disagreed with a physician's assessment
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at PPD in Jun 2014
Interview
J'ai été approché via les réseaux sociaux professionnels. Un rendez-vous est pris rapidement pour un échange téléphonique (en anglais) avec un recruteur sur des aspects généraux du métier puis 2 entretiens dans les locaux parisiens.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
combien de déplacements avez vous l'habitude d'effectuer ?