Pretty standard technical interview. Asked biological techniques and questions about how to interact with customers. It was very detailed. A large variety of techniques were covvered and the interviewer went through all the different answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you are unable to provide help to a customer, what would you do?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at GenScript (Piscataway, NJ) in Feb 2020
Interview
HR contacts first, and then the hiring manager cuts in; an on-site interview with a presentation will be placed if the hiring manager likes the candidate. Of course, if the hiring manager is in America.
I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at GenScript (Rijswijk, South Holland) in Oct 2023
Interview
The whole selection process consisted of 3 calls:
1) call with the recruiter
2) call with the Hiring Manager(Team Lead)
3 call with the team Lead, same level employee, and the Director. At the third call you are supposed to give a 20 min presentation covering self presentation and understanding of services and products and motivation as well as your expected targets for the first 30, 60, 90 days upon commencement of employment.
Presentation was followed by Q&A session.
Also, expect some tricky and "out-of-the box" questions.
On a good note, no personal questions were asked and the interviewers were nice and smiling keeping the overall vibe relaxed.
The salary for the role was below Dutch average level of salary (as of 2023) and considering they were looking for someone with a PhD or a MSc in Life Sciences, fluent in at least two languages and commercial experience, this is definitely below the level of pay for similar roles in the Netherlands.
Overall process took nearly 7 weeks from the moment of sending the application and I found it to be a bit too "sluggish" as during this process I have had several other ones that were organized much better and paid much better, too.
The recruiter give an impression of trying to "close" the candidate at the lowest possible rate and was not up-to-date regarding the "30% ruling", which they tried to use to "sell" the role, where the actual maximum budget for the role was below the threshold required to be eligible for the "30% ruling".
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: How many windows are there in New York?
Q: What is an antibody?
Q: What do you need to carry out a PCR?
Q: Explain the difference between a mark-up language and a programming language?
Q: How would you rank the following 3 things in the order of importance: Money, Recognition, Love?
Q: So is happiness important to you?
Q: What do you do in your spare time?
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