I was contacted via email for a phone interview, and completed the interview approximately 4 days later. The HR person with whom I spoke was very unprofessional; this person was 10 minutes late in calling me, audibly coughed and yawned into the receiver frequently during the conversation, and could be heard having other conversations while I answered questions throughout the interview. At the end of the phone interview, I was scheduled to have an in-person interview 2 days later to speak with the laboratory manager and do a walk-through of the facility. When I arrived at the facility and attempted to use the doorbell to be buzzed into the building, I received no response, and was left to stand in front of the building for 10 minutes, occasionally ringing the doorbell, until another employee arrived for work and ushered me in the door. The in-person interview was very basic, and was mostly centered around whether or not I would commit to staying with the company for at least two years. I was informed during my interview that if hired, I would be replacing an employee who had only been with the company for 7 months and had already put in her 2 weeks notice. The laboratory facilities seemed rudimentary at a glance, and everything in the building was very cramped. I had expected to receive at least some questions about my experience using the specific media and techniques employed by the company in their analyses, but was instead simply asked if I was comfortable looking through a microscope and performing very repetitive work. There was no discussion about compensation or benefits; in fact, the subject was never mentioned. Instead, it was reiterated to me that the training would take between 6 and 9 months, and that should I resign from my position before 2 years had passed, I would be responsible for reimbursing the company for the training. It seemed clear to me that the degree requirement for this position was irrelevant, as the training would include a great deal of the curriculum that a person with a degree in an appropriate field would have largely covered through classroom and laboratory work.