The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Charles River Laboratories (Reno, NV) in May 2016
Interview
HR called and reviewed my resume with me. He also made sure I was okay with animal testing and the flat rate salary. At the end, he set up an interview for me to meet the lab team a week later. I met four people in that interview (one supervisor and three managers of the lab). They took turns asking questions; it was a very relaxed and comfortable atmosphere and it lasted about 35 minutes.
At the end of the interview, they told me they had more candidates to interview in the next couple days and that they would get back to me the following week. However, that same afternoon I received a call from HR saying that they would like to move forward with a background check and drug test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is one thing that you find intolerable in coworkers?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Charles River Laboratories
Interview
Quick to hear back from recruiter. Scheduling process was a little difficult--lots of back and forth, phone tag. Everyone was very friendly. Phone interview, followed by another phone interview and then schedule in-person with different individuals from team.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Charles River Laboratories (Chicago, IL) in Mar 2022
Interview
I spoke to a HR person at a career fair and shared my resume. Did a screen later and got scheduled for an in person. Heard back after a little over a month.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about previous projects, behavioral questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Charles River Laboratories (Skokie, IL)
Interview
First interview was rescheduled on interviewers part for a week later. They were courteous enough to email right at scheduled time. At next scheduled interview, interviewer was a no show. Didn’t get an interview, didn’t get an email, no response to my email sent. Not sure what happened but a shame as I was looking forward to interviewing for this position
Research Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Charles River Laboratories with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Assistant roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Charles River Laboratories overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Charles River Laboratories as a Research Assistant according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
Group panel interview: 21%
Skills test: 15%
Drug test: 15%
One on one interview: 12%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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