- Tell me about yourself. -What's your ideal work environment? - How to you handle conflict in the workplace? - Walk me through how you prioritize tasks and plan your week to maximize your productivity. - What experience do you have with the skills and techniques listed on the job description? Can you give me some examples? - What are your long-term career goals and how do you see this position helping you to reach those goals? - Can you provide references that can speak to your scientific knowledge and technical skills? - Are you planning on pursuing a PhD in the future? - Tell me about a favorite class or two you took while earning your degree and give me a brief overview of what you learned in them. - Are you comfortable with typical lab calculations such as calculating dilution schemes for buffer preparation? - Can you give me details about a time you designed an experiment that demonstrates your ability to plan and perform experiments, troubleshoot any issues, analyze the data, present your findings, and outline your next steps based on your conclusions? - What software, databases, and/or programming languages do you have experience with? Are you familiar enough with these to perform them routinely for this role without direct supervision? - Can you describe your experience(s) with writing manuscripts? Grant proposals? IRB protocols? - How familiar are you with drafting and adhering to strict budgets? - What do you like to do in your free time? - What publication has this lab produced that had the largest impact on your decision to apply to this position? - Do you have any experience with presenting your research at an organization level and/or at a conference? - If I offered you this position, what can I expect to see you achieve in the first 3 months? - Down the road, if I determine that there is a budget surplus, briefly describe what research project or set of experiments would you propose that would advance our lab group's understanding of our current research efforts. - When would you be able to start? - What is your salary expectation? - Will you have trouble passing a background check?
