Parexel interview questions
Updated May 30, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 18%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 16%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 3%OtherOther
- 2%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
766 interviews
Parexel interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Parexel as 59.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Paralegal and Enrollment Specialist II rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for IT Consultant and Executive roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Parexel takes an average of 25 days when considering 435 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 Technician had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Medical Research Associate roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Parexel according to 435 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 13%
Background check: 11%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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