Most questions were technical/related to science with a few behavioral.
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HR Screening: simple routine questions like tell me about yourself, why chose Amgen, salary interest, relocation interest, time availability Technical interviews by group leaders: Why you are gonna leave your current job? why we should hire you? Are you interested to work in a fast-paced environment? and more technical questions about that specific job
Why you choose this job:Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Biology/siRNA Synthesis & Delivery
General questions about my research experience. Questions about my career goals.
How do you feel about relocating? Questions about specific skill set; do you know how to X, Y, Z. How do you think you'd fit into the culture here?
Would you mind to work with animal models?
How do you organize yourself in the lab?
The questions were clever and probing, the group is clearly full of interested, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic people. The questions ranged from my past experiences as they relate to the position and why I am interested in it, where I see myself in a few years, to asking me to do thought experiments and pitch ideas on-the-spot about topics that were partially or directly related to the problems that the team is interested in.
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