Medical Writer applicants have rated the interview process at ICON with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Medical Writer roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ICON overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ICON as a Medical Writer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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I applied online. I interviewed at ICON in Jul 2025
Interview
First with HR for general fit, second with the hiring manager/project lead, then a writing test and, with successful completion - interview with a top boss- unit director of the big client whom ICON contracts for.
Interview questions [1]
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Experience on specific module of regulatory submissions
I applied online and a interview was scheduled. I had to record my responses via app and submit them. You will have a practice session with 2 mock questions and you can't delete the responses once you submit them.
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Question 1
Describe a situation where you have excelled in your job?
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at ICON (Cluj-Napoca) in Jul 2023
Interview
Super unprofessional and rushed. Phone interview. The recruiter contacted me via email. We exchanged a few emails until we decided on a date and time. She contacted me again after a few days, as if we never talked before. I answered all of her emails and confirmed the date and time once again. The day of the interview the recruiter never called me. I sent another email with no reply. I wrote on linkedin and she apologized saying she did not receive my emails, but a few minutes after she replied to the last email I sent. Therefore, lying about messing up. Took no responsibility for ignoring my emails and wasting my time. We decided she would call me the next day at 3:30 pm. Next day came, at 3:32 she wrote to me on linkedin to confirm again if we decided 3:30 would be the call. As if she couldn't check the emails we exchanged just the day before, in this way avoiding looking even more unprofessional. Anyway, she called me in the end, a few minutes later. The interview was rushed, she did not ask me any questions about myself, kept interrupting me when I was trying to tell her about my skills and experience, the only questions were why I chose the company and how I found the job, but incredibly rushed and anxiety provoking, like she had other million better things to do than interviewing me. She said its a hybrid position and if I would be ok with going to the office a few days a week. This confused me, as the job posting said its a fully remote position. (She also kept insisting the job posting clearly said hybrid. It did not. I have screenshots. So at this moment I was talking not with a responsible adult who is able to apologize for messing up and take responsibility for their many mistakes, but with a spoiled child who did not care about any other soul on earth). So I said, sure, I would be ok with working hybrid but is there an office in the city I live in? She got very irritated by my question, and told me that I should have searched that beforehand (with a scolding attitude). I said that I did research on the company, obviously, but the only location they had in my country was in a different city that I live in. She then terminated the interview, as I wouldn't be able to go to the office in a different city. So overall, a very bad experience, with a very, very unprofessional and unprepared recruiter.
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Question 1
Why did you chose our company How did you find the job