Tell me about yourself? How do you deal with conflict?
Research Laboratory Interview Questions
47 research laboratory interview questions shared by candidates
Do you know how to use Excel, R studio and UNIX?
Tell me about the experience you have of working in the lab.
Overall some tricky questions, but nothing unusual. ex— you’ve never worked with lab animals, can you handle this or do you prefer working with human samples? This was tricky since there were two open positions, one with mice one with human biological samples.
Tell me a time you worked with someone that was being difficult.
Can you describe a mentor or a person you worked with in the past that you really liked working for, and why did you like working for them?
Do you prefer working in groups or alone?
How many samples can you process in one day, were anticipating around 50 per day?
They asked about my background with handling clinical samples and Illumina based sequencing.
Tell me about yourself? Do you have any work related research experience? If no, why not (was it not provided at your college, are you fresh out of college, etc)? Strengths? Weaknesses? Give an example of a time you weren't able to complete a project on time and what could you have changed to meet that deadline? Give an example of a time you work on group project? What do you like least and most about working in a lab? Do you work well with others? Name specific lab techniques and equipment you are familiar with.
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