Alkermes interview questions

I give this company's interview process a miserable, spiteful, hard-earned "F." They were dishonest and callous in their treatment of me, and the entire process was totally humiliating. I would never have applied for a position if I had known how outrageously these people would behave with me. I interviewed for a high-ranking position as one of the technical staff in their oncology research division. It was a basically dream job, of doing mathematical modeling, solving equations, using big HPC resources, and eventually incorporating AI and machine learning methods to the modeling and treatment of cancer. I had five different phone interviews. It seemed like I was a sought-after candidate, as each interview was scheduled for 30 minutes, but all of them went 45 minutes to over an hour. The final interview was with a member of senior leadership. I received a request for an on-site interview. The emails had phrases such as "you are confirmed," and "interview confirmation" in them. The entire trip had been planned to come out to Waltham and interview with the team. A packed interview itinerary, ground transportation, air travel, and a hotel had all been booked. All of this information was in my inbox, and I was preparing to go. Six days before the scheduled interview, one of the HR girls phoned me and coldly cancelled the job interview. I asked why, and she chuckled, saying the position had been filled with someone they had interviewed "last week." This was not the truth, as the job was reposted almost immediately on LinkedIn. Furthermore, I was told the week referred to as "last week" would have the entire modeling team traveling. No interviews were even being conducted that week. The whole experience was extremely humiliating, and even writing this review makes me feel physically ill. I strongly discourage anyone from interviewing with Alkermes, as it is clear that their staff cannot be trusted to deal with candidates honestly, ethically, or fairly. I would never have bothered wasting time on even a single phone interview had I known that they implicitly reserved the right to cancel a job interview right up-to-the-minute that it is to take place. I was especially angry, and felt it extremely cruel, that the HR girl laughed at me on the phone. I don't know why they thought I deserved to be treated that way. Lying about their motives didn't help. I will never work for such people, and will never deal with Alkermes, or any of the people I interfaced with at that company, ever again in my professional life. I am sharing this awful experience a warning to those who think getting involved with these people is a good idea. The energies of talented people are better directed elsewhere.