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Updated May 14, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Engineer at Merck
Posted May 14, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Durham, NC (took a day)
-phone interview
-full day interview at facility
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Engineering at Merck
Posted Feb 3, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 (took a day)
They ask alot of technical questiosn asking about related projects and prior work experience. Be prepared know your tecnhical terms and info right off the bat. For example, I was asked about a design project and asked to elaborate on every step of the project, such as concept generation, testing and refinement, customer surveys, etc.
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The interview consisted of a Personality Test.
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Engineer at Merck
Posted Mar 25, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took a day)
Spoke to associate at career fair and then had a one on one interview the next day.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineer at Merck
Posted Jan 11, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 in Newark, NJ (took a day)
The interviewer appeared to be impatient. The interview questions were generic, and the interviewer did not seem interested in the responses. Candidates how are interviewing should focus and project accomplishments and what specific roll they played in those projects. The work culture appeared fair. There was one face to face interview.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Merck
Posted Oct 21, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 2 weeks)
The interview was straight forward and mostly about my resume. There was an info session before hand at my university to go over all of the positions that were available.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineer at Merck
Posted Sep 2, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 (took 4 weeks)
1 week from initial phone interview to face to face interview. Then 3 weeks from interview until final decision was made. In person interview consisted of 3 engineers, 1 on 1 for an hour each.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Merck
Posted Jul 22, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in West Point, PA (took a day)
Still don't know if I will get the face to face interview...but the phone interview was easy. They called me for a phone interview 2 months after applying online for the position
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineer at Merck
Posted Apr 27, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 (took a day)
I had one on-campus interview that I thought I did horribly in. I was asked a practical manufacturing question, where I was shown a picture of an apparatus that was malfunctioning, and I had to say how I would go about solving the problem. The interviewer also asked lots of questions about my experience, specifically my research.
I then had a plant interview, where I was flown out to Merck in West Point. There was an initial presentation. TAKE NOTES DURING THIS PRESENTATION. I was asked questions about which area of Merck I wanted to work for, and because I could not remember specific names of departments, my answer was weak. They also use a whole lot of acronyms for the different departments, so it might be nice to pick up those during the presentation.
Then we had individual interviews. There were seven interviewees, and we rotated between six interviewers, with one break period. It was tough having back to back 30 minute interviews, but the interviewers were nice, and it flowed pretty well. We all had lunch with some current Merck employees. Later we got a tour of the plant. Then we flew away.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineer at Merck
Posted Mar 19, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 (took 3 months)
Started with a 1:1 campus interview, and then brought on-site to the primary manufacturing plant in Philadelphia to go through a full day of interviews. Day began with an overall presentation of the group and consisted of six 1:1 interviews of roughly 20-25 minutes each. Lunch was provided. Ended with impromptu facility tour. At the end of two of the interviews, I was explicitly told "You'll be back here sometime later to talk again." and "this was the most enjoyable interview I've had today." Did not receive offer, and did not receive response to any inquiries for three months. Haven't been re-compensated for the travel or hotel stay after sending information twice.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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