I applied online. I interviewed at Medidata Solutions (New York, NY) in Feb 2021
Interview
The recruiter set up an interview which she came unprepared to. Read my resume in front of me and had clearly done no preparation. She was more interested in me not having a bachelors than any experience I had. Barely asked any questions and said that she thinks that I need a bachelors to get this role, which would have been helpful to her to read my resume before setting up an interview. She then sent a calendar invite for an interview with the hiring manager - no email to check my availability, no information of who I was interviewing with, just a real lack of caring. I then interviewed with the hiring manger who was great and asked good questions. After 3 weeks I got an automated message from Medidata saying I wasn't what they were looking for - no email from the recruiter. They should really work on this process because after meeting the recruiter I didn't even want to work there because she had no idea what she was even hiring for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you worked with cross function teams.
The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Medidata Solutions (Londres, Angleterre)
Interview
Overall the process took about 6 weeks. First stage was a video interview, lasting about 10 minutes. They asked three questions, and told you in an email what one of the questions was so you could research and prep an answer. Then waited a couple weeks for the results, after that was invited to a half day assessment centre with three interviews and a case study. All interviewers were lovely, very engaging and interesting people working within the company. There were some talks on company ethos, day to day life for the role and at the end we were given the opportunity to speak to the current cohort of graduates from the 2019 and 2020 intakes, to ask any questions. Overall it was a very smooth process, information was readily available and the company clearly cared about the candidate experience.
Interviewed with 10+ people including my potential boss, peers, and business partners. Brought back many times to meet with different people and the process took over three months to complete.