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Updated May 20, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Finance at Merck
Posted Jan 31, 2011
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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 Feb 2010 (took a day)
Some key points would be to definitely know everything on your resume and make sure you can answer behavioral questions well. Stay calm and speak clearly. Do not get rattled if you are caught off guard with an unexpected question, just answer confidently.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Director at Merck
Posted Jan 17, 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 Oct 2010 (took 3 months)
Applied for the position online. Got a call from the recruiter about 2 weeks after I applied. Interviews were 1:1 - a mix of technical and behavioral questions. I had 13 interviews in total. There was a long pause of about 1 month between the first 11 interviews and the last 2 interviews. During this 'pause period', I got no information - go/no go from Merck despite repeated enquiries. I had started looking elsewhere before i was called for the last 2 interviews. I demanded to know when I will be notified of their decision after my final interview and they told me i will hear from them within 24 hours. i did hear from them; it was positive.
Overall, the recruitment process was rigorous and very detailed. Even after accepting the offer, i still had to go through a thorough background check and drug screen.
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Negotiation Details
I was able to negotiate. In fact, they expect you to negotiate. i successfully negotiated a 12% raise in base salary and a 75% raise in sign-on bonus. i used comparable compensation information that I gathered from a basic google search (including glassdoor.com) to support my negotiation. The HR rep conceded that the data I presented as my basis for compensation review are directionally accurate. So, with Merck, no need to pay to obtain reliable, comparable compensation data.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test and 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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PtP at Merck
Posted Jan 10, 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 May 2010 (took 4 weeks)
I completed the application.
Was contacted by recruiter for phone screen.
Interview was scheduled to meet with three people separately.
Interview was concluded prematurely after 1-1/2 meetings when I became ill.
Not possible to reschedule when requested.
The office environment and people seemed nice. I would have enjoyed working there.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Biotechnician I at Merck
Posted Jan 7, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2010 in West Point, PA (took 2 days)
First, the hiring manager called me for a phone interview. After that, we scheduled a time for me to take an assessment test, which all Union members need to take. Four hours are allotted for the test although it can be completed in half that time. The test included both skills and personality assessments. After passing the test, I went in for a face-to-face interview.
At the start of the interview, I was taken in with 2 other candidates to sit in a room where we were given a presentation about the Biotechnician position. The hiring manger gave an overview of the position including salary, benefits, working hours, etc. After that I was taken in a room with 3 employees who interviewed me. They asked general questions and overall it was kind of laid back and informal. That day, I was given notification via e-mail that I am on the "bench list," meaning that when a job opens and my name is next on the list, I will be given a job offer. The interview was in November and I have still not be given an offer but I am confident that once a job opens that I will be called. I have a friend who went through the same experience and waited a little over 3 months before she was offered a job.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Personality Test, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Group/Panel Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Pharmaceuticals Sales Representative at Merck
Posted Jan 2, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 in New York, NY (took 2 months)
Multiple rounds of interview - most difficult was onsite with Four managers and meeting with them individually. All personality questions. As soon as I was done speaking with one, I would go back to the waiting room with a number of other candidates. It's important to know that the managers talk among themselves as they interview candidates - by the time I got to the last manager she told me she had already received a lot of good feedback from the other three and that she wanted to get to know me better during a third round interview by herself. The questions where all behavioral questions. PS Note this was not in 2009 but 2006.
Negotiation Details
No negotiation process unfortunately - I was just happy to get a job out of college.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Global Coordinator at Merck
Posted Dec 14, 2010
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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 May 2009 (took a day)
Not organized
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Communications at Merck
Posted Dec 5, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 (took 1+ week)
it was an internal interviewing process so much easier than coming in from the outside. I interviewed with three people I already know and work with, and they ask me and any other candidate the same set of questions and then compare notes with each other on how the candidates answered each one.
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Negotiation Details
I tried to negotiate salary but was unable to get a higher salary. I would suggest trying because it probably will not affect your chances. Once there's an offer on the table, it's easier for them to negotiate that offer with you than to make an offer to someone else.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel 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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Chemical Engineer at Merck
Posted Oct 7, 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 Sep 2010 in South Bend, IN (took a day)
Asked about interest in Merck. Asked a few behavioral questions
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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