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      Scientist, Metabolic Pathway Engineering Interview

      Mar 6, 2018
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Zymergen (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2017

      Interview

      Multiple phone interviews with research team, including an online presentation, followed by a day long on-site interview. It began with a group interview discussing my research experience, followed by lab tours and multiple one-on-one interviews

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      When and how would you apply your research to the problems we are trying to solve?
      Answer question
      3

      Zymergen interviews FAQs

      • Scientist, Metabolic Pathway Engineering applicants have rated the interview process at Zymergen with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 41% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Scientist, Metabolic Pathway Engineering roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Zymergen overall takes an average of 30 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Zymergen as a Scientist, Metabolic Pathway Engineering according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Presentation:  20%

        Group panel interview:  20%

        Background check:  20%

        Phone interview:  20%

        One on one interview:  20%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

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        11. Business Associate(3) ;
        12. Senior Research Associate(3) ;
        13. Business Development(2) ;
        14. Chemist(2) ;
        15. Engineer(2) .


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