MSD interview questions
Updated Jun 4, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 9%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 8%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 6%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%In PersonIn Person
- 3%OtherOther
- 3%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
702 interviews
MSD interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at MSD as 63.2% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.81 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Environmental Health and Safety Officer and IT Compliance Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Sales Representative and Accountant roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at MSD takes an average of 39 days when considering 233 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Administrative Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Patient Advocacy Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at MSD according to 233 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 18%
One on one interview: 16%
Group panel interview: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Background check: 11%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 7%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 2%
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