PPD
Acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific
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PPD is now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific. On December 8, 2021, Thermo Fisher Scientific completed the acquisition of PPD. For up-to-date information, please see the Thermo Fisher Scientific profile..
PPD interview questions
Updated Jul 14, 2025Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 13%RecruiterRecruiter
- 13%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 2%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 2%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
803 interviews
PPD interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at PPD as 70.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.84 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Nursing and Java Developer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Administrative Assistant and Archivist roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at PPD takes an average of 22 days when considering 626 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 Lab Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Laboratory Technician roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at PPD according to 626 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 16%
Group panel interview: 14%
Drug test: 13%
Background check: 11%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Scientist(175) ;
- Associate Scientist(161) ;
- Assistant Scientist(139) ;
- Clinical Research Associate(97) ;
- Senior CRA(91) ;
- Clinical Trial Coordinator(73) ;
- Senior Scientist(73) ;
- Project Manager(68) ;
- Project Assistant(63) ;
- CRA(50) ;
- Medical Information Specialist(50) ;
- Senior Clinical Research Associate(39) ;
- Clinical Team Manager(35) ;
- Safety Specialist(34) ;
- CRA II(33) .
