I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at GSK (Stevenage, England) in Sep 2021
Interview
Interview process consisted of 2 stages: - Firstly, a 90 minute initial interview with the hiring manager and two team members, during which I gave a 30 minute presentation and was asked general technical and competency based questions - Secondly, a full day interview with the whole team during which I gave a 1 hour seminar then had back-to-back interviews with different team members and collaborators at GSK Received an offer a week or so after finishing the second interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work at GSK rather than other pharma companies?
Contacted by HR to perform virtual interview on HireVue, which turned out to be a series of short answer questions with typed responses. Also had a video interview with hiring manager.
I applied online. I interviewed at GSK (Stevenage, England)
Interview
Contacted by a recruiter, had a screening stage and first stage online interview with the hiring manager. Flow cytometry role. Hiring manager was very nice, asked me general questions about my experience and then some technical questions. My motivations for applying.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General talk through my background and about the role What level of experience I have with flow cytometry, (very specific questions about the technique) max number of colours in a panel I have used, how do I decide between fluorochromes for different markers, how do I design panels, how do you gate on positive cells, if I have any experience with assay validation, what to do if the fluorescence was not as expected, what do you do if a marker was not expressed, how to set up a multi-colour panel, what controls do you use