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      Medicinal Chemist Interview

      Jun 30, 2010
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      West Point, PA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Merck (West Point, PA) in Jul 2008

      Interview

      I had applied for a medicinal chemistry job prior to getting this interview and was contacted directly by the hiring manager about a different opportunity. The interview was a full day, in 30 minute increments speaking with different scientists, mainly PhD chemists. They did ask many technical questions, mostly about the research summary I had provided. There was a dinner the night before with two associate scientists so that you could ask questions about the interview etc.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What do you think is going on in this reaction? (Asking about a reaction in my research summary.)
      Answer question

      Other Medicinal Chemist Interview Reviews for Merck

      Medicinal Chemist Interview

      Feb 18, 2012
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Merck in Feb 2011

      Interview

      I received an email to conduct a phone interview with a scientist from Merck. The interview was mostly behavioral with some questions about past experience and also questions about what the most challenging things I have done were.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What was a challenging task and how did you solve it?
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