I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Johnson & Johnson (Vacaville, CA) in Aug 2013
Interview
Interview with 2 lab managers for 45 min, STAR-type of questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Are you familiar with Six Sigma (named other) and other quality control systems. In your previous position, did you follow the systems of Q?
2. Tell me about your projects done in team.
3. What was difficult in doing these team projects?
4. Walk me through your background
5. Are you willing to work day shifts, swing shifts?
6. Can you give me an example of a situation where you were rewarded for doing something?
7. Deadlines, what kind of deadlines did you have? Did you follow them?
8. How are you English Technical Writing skills?
9. Are you employed currently?
10. Did you make changes in protocols?
11. Did you work in cGMP environment?
12. Are you ok with the position if you have PhD?
13. Tell me about a usual day in your previous job.
14. Imagine a situation: the supervisor comes to you in the middle of the day and give you an extra task. What will you do?
15. Which regulatory documents you are familiar with- USP, BP, EUPharm?
I was interviewed initially by an external recruiter. She didn't give me a lot of background on what the company or team would be like.
I was then invited for an on site interview, the interview was basic with the usual run of the mill questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some questions were very invasive, ones that dealt with marital status etc.
I assumed that the interviewers had little to no experience in this role.
