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Delivery Manager at Merck
Posted Jul 12, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2009 in West Point, PA (took 3 days)
It was quite ok.
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Negotiation Details
Not much lee way was given
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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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Senior Project Manager at Merck
Posted May 12, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in West Point, PA (took 2 days)
Way to quick.
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Reason for Declining
Salary was not the same as advertised.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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MBA Management Associate at Merck
Posted Apr 16, 2011
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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 Nov 2010 in Philadelphia, PA (took a day)
Got the lead through on-campus recruiting in my MBA program. After an online resume submission through our career management office had a phone screen, then two in-person interviews on campus. Fairly standard marketing/general management interviews - a mix of behavioral and situational questions. The entire application/interview process elapsed over the course of about 2 months. The feedback after the ding was pretty innocuous, and rather unhelpful. Overall, it was a positive, if but unaffected, experience. I think both myself and Merck realized we weren't interested in one another.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Biotechnician Level I at Merck
Posted Apr 10, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Mar 2011 in West Point, PA (took 2 days)
I filled out an online application in mid December. I was called at the beginning of February to schedule an assessment test. Assessment test was scheduled for late February. Took assessment test in the late afternoon and received a call the next morning saying they would like to bring me in for an interview. Interview was scheduled for the last week of February. An ice storm caused the HR recruiter to notify me the night before that they would have to reschedule my interview to the next week. I arrived at the site for my interview where I joined two other candidates and we watched a presentation about benefits, salary, and history of Merck. They also explained how the "bench list" process worked and told us if we were placed on the bench list (which would be a successful interview) to expect to be called off the bench list as early as March or April because they were actively hiring in many areas, but it is possible to be on the bench list for 6+ months. Each candidate then met with three different employees (one manager and two other biotechnicians in my case) where the interview proceeded. The interviewers were open and friendly, and I was fairly confident that I was good match for the job and that they liked me. I received an email the next morning saying my interview was successful and I was on the bench list. I was called off the bench list and given an offer letter exactly 10 days after receiving an email stating I was chosen for the bench list. From what I've been told by current Biotechnicians at Merck, this is not the norm, I had great timing. I'm not sure if it's coincidence or if it's how they structure the interviews but the manager who interviewed me is the manager I will be working for. They did say that the people you interviewed with would not necessarily be the people you work for/with.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Biochemical Engineer at Merck
Posted Mar 10, 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 in West Point, PA (took a day)
I was asked a lot of questions about why I was interested in the position. Then questions like why Merck? where i see myself in 3 years? what type of duties would i see myself doing? She did not discuss the responsibilities of the position until i asked at the end of the interview. This made it difficult for me to explain the roles I would see myself doing in the position, since they had also removed to job posting from the Merck website. After the interview she told me I would hear back from someone soon.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Group Leader at Merck
Posted Feb 7, 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 Jan 2011 in West Point, PA (took a day)
Fairly typical interview process for a technical position. The most interesting thing was that every interviewer apoligized for asking some canned behavioral questions.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel 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 Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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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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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Medicinal Chemist at Merck
Posted Jun 30, 2010
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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 Jul 2008 in West Point, PA (took a day)
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.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Biochemist II at Merck
Posted Jun 29, 2010
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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 May 2009 in Philadelphia, PA (took a day)
The interview process consisted of (4) 1-hour interviews with individuals that support the area that the position was for. Each interview focused on past experience and each interviewer went into great detail about my resume. I received several technical questions focused on gaining more information about the depth of my knowledge regarding what was on my resume. My scientific knowledge and understanding of pharmaceutical analytical development was tested by technical questions in regards to analytical techinques and basics of proteins and vaccines.
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Negotiation Details
Typical. They explain why they can't pay you more you eplain why you need more.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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