Whats your experience with molecular modeling?
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Skills evaluation challenge - 1h skills/coding test
What would you do with the 23andMe data set?
General questions involved talking about my projects and the science my talk, in some detail. Another common question was why 23andMe in particular was appealing. There were a few math/code questions ("write a function that does ...", "derive the following conditional distribution ...") but nothing extremely difficult. Also a lot of questions specific to the position ("how would you investigate ..."), so be prepared to think creatively about the job you're applying for. Overall, everyone was extremely dedicated, but also very nice and eager to see you do well.
I can not disclose the detailed questions as I signed the nondisclosure agreement. All the questions are in a way "designed" to learn about your thought process and your understanding concepts and your knowledge of math/statistics. .
How do you generate k mers of a string? What is PCR?
What is the thing you like the most about your current lab? What is the thing you wish would be different during your PhD/postdoc?
A case study with several questions about DepMap.
What are some challenges you encountered during your work and how did you deal with these?
Most of the questions were related to the projects I was working on
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