First 2 interviews are via phone, and the second interview is by webcam. The first couple interviews are just to weed out those with no personality or barely meet the requirements per their resume. The third interview really screens for the ability to know the CRA process and asks questions related to that experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If there was a PI that did not seem interested in, or were not adhering to study site requirements, what would you do?
Quick process spoke to a recruiter then interview next with a managers. General CRA questions nothing too difficult. Be able to break down RECIST if applying to a oncology role.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Parexel in Dec 2022
Interview
I was referred by a candidate, then had a phone screen with a recruiter. Within 2-3 weeks I had a 1 hour video interview with a hiring manager covering basic monitoring questions. Questions ranged from monitoring to behavioral questions to why I was leaving. Then I was offered an interview with a current employee in the CRA role to ask about their experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic monitoring questions, why I was leaving current company, what I was looking for in next company etc
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Parexel in Jun 2021
Interview
I had 1 hour interview scheduled and it went really smooth with department's senior manager. Just one round of interview was taken and rest discussion with HR and documents submission. Overall it was a great experience as many organisations conducts multiple rounds of interview and waste their as well candidate's time and mostly don't even give feedback once they reject you.
Senior Clinical Research Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Parexel with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Clinical Research Associate roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Parexel overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Parexel as a Senior Clinical Research Associate according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 42%
One on one interview: 17%
Background check: 17%
Presentation: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Other: 8%
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