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.)
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?