PPD
Acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific
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PPD is now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific. On December 8, 2021, Thermo Fisher Scientific completed the acquisition of PPD. For up-to-date information, please see the Thermo Fisher Scientific profile..
PPD interview questions
Average interview difficulty
Very positive interview experience
How others got an interview
- 13%RecruiterRecruiter
- 13%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
- 2%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 2%In personIn person
Interview search
803 interviews
PPD interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at PPD as 79% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.92 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Clinical Team Manager and Technical Consultant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Accountant and Java Developer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at PPD takes an average of 17 days when considering 38 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Test Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Accountant roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at PPD according to 38 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 18%
Phone interview: 14%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 11%
Group panel interview: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Background check: 7%
Other: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Scientist(175) ;
- Associate Scientist(161) ;
- Assistant Scientist(139) ;
- Clinical Research Associate(97) ;
- Senior CRA(91) ;
- Clinical Trial Coordinator(73) ;
- Senior Scientist(73) ;
- Project Manager(68) ;
- Project Assistant(63) ;
- CRA(50) ;
- Medical Information Specialist(50) ;
- Senior Clinical Research Associate(39) ;
- Clinical Team Manager(35) ;
- Safety Specialist(34) ;
- CRA II(33) .
