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      Senior QC Chemist Interview

      Dec 6, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Bellshill, Scotland
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at LGC (Bellshill, Scotland) in Sep 2023

      Interview

      It was a very lengthy process - I applied in the September, had a telephone interview within a week, then heard nothing back for 6 weeks. I was approached on LinkedIn by the same interviewer for a different role, and only due to this was I able to progress with my first application. There was a lot of back and forth with the recruiter - them saying they will call tomorrow, and then nothing. I was eventually invited to an on-site interview (with two days notice) and told to prepare a presentation. Two things wrong with this - I was sent a 'casefile' on which to base my presentation, though it was for the wrong job... and I was not told to send the presentation ahead of time, and so could not show my presentation in the interview, and I had to do it without my slides. The technical questions were very in-depth and there was about 30 of them (with a, b, c etc.). I was told I would get a break to have coffee with the team - this didn't happen. After the interview finished, I was told I would hear within 1-2 days. I ended up having to chase this up after 7 days of not hearing anything. Overall, the process definitely put me off working there.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Technical questions on LC-MS column compositions and interactions (i.e., Van der Waals forces); phosphorus NMR questions and some on oligonucleotides.
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