Scientist I Interview questions in Gaithersburg, MD
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Expectation that you can give clear examples of past decisions that make you a good behavioral fit with the organization. These examples are often asked in a question format about past decisions.
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Can you pls send me the HR information?
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Look up behavioral interviews before coming in.
When the next graduate student(s) start on my project, what would I tell/suggest to them?
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Does this position in process team?
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How many interviewer were there in your interview process?
How would you make a product using this piece of paper?
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1. Obtain consumer insights on preferred product and its attributes. 2. Develop product design based on consumer insights. 3. Develop prototype and confirm attributes with consumers 3. Develop product using the piece of paper taking into account consumer feedback. Less
You realize we're not treehuggers here, right? We're not really helping the environment...why do you want to work here when I see all of this environmental club involvement?
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What office was the interview held in?
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I would really be interested to know who in the company said that we are no really helping the environment. Of course we are, that is the whole point. If the upper management doesn't seem to think so, we have a big problem. Less
Did you work with HPLC before?
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Yes I did. I had intermediate experience since I worked in lab.
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Yes . I am familiar with HPLC use
Most of the questions are from organic chemistry and the most important areas are s follows. 1. Give at least 10 examples of C-C bond formation. Excluding Pd catalyzed reactions. 2. Give examples of how to break the C-C bond. 3. How to make a C=C bond and how to dissociate? 4. Give examples of C-C Tripple bond formation. 5. Reductive amination, hydrogenation, Pd catalyzed reactions etc. 5. Mole calculations, stochiometry calculations. 6. Basic retrosynthesis, amide coupling 7. HPLC and LCMS.
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1. Grignard, Gillman catlyst, Lithiation, aldol, benzoin condensation, mannich reaction, knovenegale , perkin, ester condenstion, Diels Alder etc 2. OsO4 for diol to break the c-c bond, KMNO4 oxidation. 3. Wittig, pyrolytic elimination, Julia olefination, metathesis Grub's catalyst, Bamford stevens reactions, etc. 4. Correy-Fuchs reaction 5. Suzuki, sonogachira, Heck, etc. 6. Calculate % yield, density etc Less
