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      Research Associate II/III, High Throughput Strain Engineering Interview

      Aug 19, 2019
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Zymergen in Jan 2019

      Interview

      A recruiter from Zymergen reached out to me via email to schedule an initial phone call with one of the scientists. That phone call was about half an hour and consisted of both behavioral and technical questions. I then had a phone call with a different in house recruiter to talk about more general elements of the job (expected salary, what the job location is like - I'm not in the area, etc). After this call, I scheduled a series of video interviews with 5 people at Zymergen. I talked to both scientists (at various levels) and managers, each for about 30 minutes. Some of them asked me mostly technical questions, others asked me mostly behavioral questions. All in all the video call lasted nearly three hours. I received a call from one of the recruiters a few days later letting me know that they would no longer be considering me for the role based on my technical qualifications.

      Interview questions [4]

      Question 1

      You run a PCR and it fails, how do you approach troubleshooting?
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      Question 2

      Can you explain to me why you would use one method of cloning over another?
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      Question 3

      Can you explain to me how Gibson Assembly works?
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      Question 4

      What is your lab superpower - what do people in your lab know you for?
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      Zymergen interviews FAQs

      • Candidates applying for Research Associate II/III, High Throughput Strain Engineering roles take an average of 35 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 Research Associate II/III, High Throughput Strain Engineering according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Group panel interview:  50%

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