It was a long afternoon of 5 interviews in a row. It started with the HR screening. Next on to the managers. One person seemed nervous and/or rushed, one seemed antagonistic (maybe they just did not like me) and the other 2 were friendly and fair. I wound up working on a team with one of the "friendly" managers.
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There really was nothing too crazy. The most difficult would be "explain how you have worked on a cross-functional team in a previous job."
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Merck (Kenilworth, NJ) in Mar 2008
Interview
On the day of the on-site interview I was brought in with 3 other candidates. We had a round-robin type interview where 4 people from the company took turns interviewing us 1:1. 3 interviewers were managers in the department that was hiring. The last person was from HR. They all seemed open and friendly. There were some case questions and behavioral questions, but nothing too difficult.
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Question 1
What do you do if you find a discrepant data item?