Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at YORKTEST as 66.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.33 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Junior Technician and Software Developer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Junior Laboratory Scientist and Junior Technician roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at YORKTEST takes an average of 14 days when considering 3 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Junior Laboratory Scientist had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Junior Laboratory Scientist roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
Began with technical questions and then explaining and discussing the answers. Then a walk through my CV, discussing past experience, and then a general chat to get to know about the company.
I had an interview with 3 separate groups of people. They where organised and friendly. The last group where the scientists and head of the company who asked me about the scientific and technical side of things.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked what challenges they thought they might have with doing Biological testing.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at YORKTEST (York, England) in Aug 2020
Interview
One phone interview, one face to face interview, and then an offer/rejection. The phone interview was to see if I was suitable, the face to face was more about the company.