I applied online. I interviewed at Pivot Bio (Hayward, CA) in Apr 2023
Interview
There is an informal interview like a screening. If you make it through that, then you have 3-4 back to back interviews scheduled: cultural, technical, and then a last one with the senior scientist.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have experience caring for plants outside of a greenhouse setting?
I applied online. I interviewed at Pivot Bio (Los Angeles, CA) in Oct 2021
Interview
The company is not at all cooperating in terms of candidates times. Very disrespectful and they decide not to consider candidates who have difficult timings to work with. They do not like schedule flexibility with candidates which shows that how rude it is.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Pivot Bio in Sept 2022
Interview
First interview was a very informal 30 minutes over Zoom with the hiring manager. The final round consisted of 4 interviews in one day (cultural fit interview, technical interview, department head interview, and hiring manager interview). They asked some kinda tough questions in the technical interview, be ready to answer in-depth questions about your previous scientific work.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
How would you go about designing an experiment to test a hypothesis?