Medical Research Council
Part of UK Research and Innovation
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Medical Research Council interview questions
Updated 3 Aug 2025Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 5%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 5%In personIn person
- 5%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
Interview search
23 interviews
Medical Research Council interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Medical Research Council as 93.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.06 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for First Line Support and PhD Student Studentship rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for HR Generalist and Trial Assistant roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Medical Research Council takes an average of 27 days when considering 16 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Trial Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 7 days), whereas PhD Student Studentship roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Medical Research Council according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 35%
One on one interview: 23%
Background check: 12%
Phone interview: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Postdoctoral Researcher(9) ;
- PhD Student(7) ;
- Postdoctoral Fellow(7) ;
- Research Assistant(6) ;
- Animal Technician(4) ;
- Clinical Data Manager(4) ;
- Post Doctoral Scientist(4) ;
- Post Doctoral Researcher(3) ;
- Postdoctoral Research Associate(3) ;
- Project Manager(3) ;
- Research Scientist(3) ;
- Administrator(2) ;
- Data Manager(2) ;
- Finance Manager(2) ;
- Intern(2) .
