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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PPD (Richmond, VA) in Feb 2016
Interview
I applied online and the whole process took about three weeks. One phone interview from a manager and then set up an onsite interview on Feb, 2016 at Richmond. It took almost 3 hours for whole interview. One test and three interviews for behavior questions. The interviewers told me that they will get back to me very soon and I felt excited about that. But finally it took two weeks to get updates after two follow-ups.
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The first is a half-hour test of SAS data merge. It is not difficult. Then three interviewers gave almost two hour behavior questions such as "tell me a situation xxx...". Then interviewers are very nice and I had a wonderful time.
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]
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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.
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
