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Updated May 16, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Research Associate at Covance
Posted Jul 13, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Gaithersburg, MD (took a day)
Interviewed over the phone for research associate position. Interviewer wasn't very outgoing or friendly; she was almost robotic. Asked to give brief overview of your resume, work history. Standard mundane interview questions such as, describe 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses. Rate Excel skills on scale from 1-10 and rate writing skills.
Be prepared to talk about your work history, your skills in health economics, Excel skills and writing skills. Have follow-up question prepared as well.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior CRA at Covance
Posted Jul 7, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 (took a day)
Went through an 1 hr long phone screening / interview with covance. It was a lot of questions asked in regard to CV and experience. Why are you looking to leave your current position. Your experience working on several therapeutic areas and sites etc. Overall it went well, had fun through the process and look forward to F2F interview. Not sure how long of a wait.
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Program Specialist at Covance
Posted Jun 20, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 (took 2 days)
interviewed with a panel of 3 managers after a telephone interview/screening. basic interview questions asking re prior experience and former workplace scenarios.
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Reason for Declining
got a better offer.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Administrative Assistant at Covance
Posted Jun 1, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Princeton Junction, NJ (took 5 days)
I was contacted by e-mail that they would like to conduct a telephone interview. A subsequent e-mail confirmed the date and time of the interview call from the recruitment office. I was given a self assessment to complete and submit prior to the interview. This assessment consists of 5-6 open ended sort of questions: When have you missed a deadline and how did you handle it? What is your comfort level with several named software packages and give examples of how and when you have used them. Two interview questions that may catch the average animal lover off guard would be: (1) How do you feel about research done on animals? (2) Have you ever been a member of PETA or donated to the ASPCA. My interviewer was very friendly and described her fondness for her hectic position. I asked her to describe the culture and she indicated that one would be best prepared to hit the ground running. Things move fast and the people have to move even faster.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Program Specialist at Covance
Posted May 21, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took a day)
Situational Questions. Don't try to be something/someone you're not.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Software Development Engineer In Test at Covance
Posted Apr 28, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
There were about 5 rounds of interview. Most of the questions were behavoural.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Quality Assurance Auditor at Covance
Posted Mar 26, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Madison, WI (took 1 week)
I applied online for a position as a Quality Assurance Auditor I in Madison, WI. The very next day after I submitted my application I received an e-mail request for a phone interview. I scheduled the interview for the a week later. On the day of the interview, I got a voicemail that the time of my interview has been changed to a later time on the same day. The interview was ok, a lot of behavioral questions. After the interview I followed up with a thank you e-mail and the next day I received a reply from the recruiter that the company needs someone to start immediately, whereas I can't start right now since I will be graduating in May.
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Business Analyst at Covance
Posted Jan 18, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took 3 weeks)
Phonescreen followed by two one on one interviews. The physical site was somewhat shabby and uninspiring (which surprised me given the multibillion dollar nature of Covance's business) and throughout the process there were occasions when I wasn't contacted at the promised times. They seemed to prefer meeting with me separately, however I found this led to much repetition. The interview was very much about talking to your CV and really understanding what Covance does. This was especially important. Many interviews revolve around an interviewer telling you about the company, however here I was able to exercise my preparation as both interviewers asked me to tell them about the business.
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Reason for Declining
The interviewers were pleasant however portrayed a culture where you may be punished for leaving on time. As I had another very good offer, I declined.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Study Technician at Covance
Posted Jan 1, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Madison, WI (took 4 weeks)
I filled out the application online and was contacted the next morning. The recruiter was very polite and explained the hiring process very thoroughly. I had a phone interview the following morning with the same recruiter. My information was then passed on and I was offered a 1:1 interview after a day or 2. As I was driving to the facility, I received a call saying the supervisor was ill and no one else could fill in. I wish they could have called me earlier in the day, because I was already 20 minutes away from my house. On the day of the reschedule, I was interviewed by 2 supervisors from the department in which I would be working. The first woman explained the position very thoroughly (10+ minutes) and asked about 15 behavioral questions. The second woman started with a tour of the lab and asked 10-15 more questions. I hadn't heard anything back, so I contacted the recruiter who looked over my information right then and there. She said there is no reason why I shouldn't be offered a job and I would be contacted EITHER WAY within 2 weeks. I called about 2 weeks later and the recruiter said my background check was still not done. Not sure if this was true or a bunch of BS. I was again told I would be contacted EITHER WAY. Never heard anything. So disappointed. The entire process moved extremely fast...except for the background check runaround.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Clinical Research at Covance
Posted Dec 1, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 (took 2+ weeks)
Applied for the position on the Covance website. You have to fill out several essay-type questions to submit the application. Contacted via email for phone interview. After completing phone interview, was contacted for live interview. Interview was on site
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