First round of interviews is on Zoom, where the employer asks a series of questions about experience and knowledge in several science fields. The second round of interview is in person, I was asked to give an hour-long presentation about my research projects, followed by individual interviews with members of the lab, lastly with the principle investigators.

It was a part-time position. The process was really quick. I received an interview invitation at 9 pm and the interview was conducted 11 am next day. The interviewer asked a couple of brain anatomy questions.

Interview was great and easy. We just talked about my research experience and the work being done in the lab I was applying for. Nice conversation and super nice people! They made me an offer and wanted me to start working before I had an official offer, red flag immediately. Didn’t hear back from them for over a month, called UCSD HR multiple times about my offer, they still wanted me to wait a few weeks but wanted me to start working before I had an official offer. I had already interviewed and started another job a couple of weeks before and they were mad I didn’t say anything when they went weeks before contacting me. Very slow process, much lower pay than biotech.