Field applications specialist Interview Questions

I said I liked science and helping people trouble-shoot their problems. I form a good rapport with people and enjoy hearing their thoughts and discussing out where they are having issues. I thought the company provides a novel technology and would be interested in showing other people the utility of the technology.

The manager seemed happy with my asnwers

I would first find out if there is anything physically wrong with their unit by having them run a demo experiment that I know will work. If it does, then we would move on to examining their protocols and determining if there is an issue there. If the demo doesn't work then we would set up service for their unit.

I said you would not be able to tell differences in protein concentrations between high and low expression levels of target protein.

I told him in my experience, a field application scientist demonstrated how a particular new technology or technique worked. Often, trouble-shooting one-on-one projects for a specific person and helping them get their assay to work using the product. You usually work in a specific geographic location and work with sales people to help their costumers and answer their technical questions about the product.

I told him about my HPLC, Mass Spec, qRT-PCR, and WGS experiences.

Whom do you consider as your role model?