A 30 minute phone screen, then second round of 1 hour webex interview. Tours were offered once offers were made to make decisions. Process was pretty fast with around a week between each stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself, how would you teach me _______, tell me about your favorite project.
One round of talking to multiple people that I would be working with, mostly behavioral instead of technical. Scheduled soon after I submitted my application. Met via teams video and was very understanding when I had some technical difficulty.
I applied online. I interviewed at Merck (Rahway, NJ) in Nov 2025
Interview
I had a 30-minute interview with three senior researchers. I gave a brief introduction, and they asked me questions about the projects I’ve worked on. They didn’t turn on their cameras and only switched them on for a short moment.
