I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Merck in Dec 2010
Interview
Submitted paper application and was contacted regarding a phone interview, which was scheduled for a month later. The phone interview went well; they were friendly and asked a few technical questions regarding bioreactors, and spent a good amount of time answering my questions. I received the offer four weeks post interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are running X machine, and come back an hour later to notice that the outcome was not as you had expected. What might have gone wrong?
The interview process was quick and easy, I got an email straight from the hiring manager and only had to give one interview, all the people were super nice and welcoming.
First they did a phone interview and then two panel interviews. They ask usual questions, nothing technical based. The panels consisted of 3 people each. Took a while to get back and let you know your results.
It was a very average difficulty process. It did not take as long as other companies in this space to get back to me, and I felt like I was supported throughout the process.