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Research Chemist applicants have rated the interview process at PPG with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.

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Candidates applying for Research Chemist roles take an average of 46 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at PPG overall takes an average of 27 days.

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based on 11 ratings - Updated Nov 10, 2025

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Research Chemist Interview

Jan 16, 2012

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Neutral experience

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Application

The process took 1 day. I interviewed at PPG in Oct 2011

Interview

The interview was fairly straight forward. It was a 30 minute interview between me and two campus recruiters. About half the time was alotted to presenting/explaining my research. The remainder of the time was taken up by general questions about my presentation and some required HR questions.

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Have you ever had to work with a difficult individual and, if so, describe how you handled the situation.

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