Director applicants have rated the interview process at Merck with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 42% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Director roles take an average of 63 days to get hired, when considering 26 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Merck overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Merck as a Director according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 16%
Drug test: 8%
Background check: 8%
Skills test: 6%
Other: 4%
Presentation: 4%
Personality test: 2%
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Hiring manager reached out and coordinated the full process. No contact with a recruiter / HR throughout. I thought that was interesting and created a stronger relationship. However, after the hiring manager arranged all the interviews including 2 panels, a 1-1 and a take-home presentation / analysis, I proceeded through all of them and then was ghosted. After so many hours of meetings and preparation, I was surprised there was no feedback, either positive or negative. I would have been fine with a rejection and a brief sentence or two of feedback considering the journey I've made and the fact that it was with a hiring manager, not HR / recruiting who I'm sure fields hundreds of such emails a day.
First there was a 30 minute call with recruiter who reviewed my experience and outlined what to expect in next steps if selected to move forward.
Was scheduled to move forward which consisted of a 30 minute five person panel with the team. Questions included experience and situational/behavioral questions.
Giving a negative/thumbs down on the experience because there was a preferred internal candidate all along so it was a waste of time.
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Question 1
Take me back through your resume and describe your experience and how it applies to this role.
had 3 series of interviews with panels. 1 HR interview. the onboarding process was not great, it was very disorganized. Did not find HR to be helpful, very bureaucratic organization overall. good benefits but not enough health/dental.