I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Lonza (Buffalo, NY) in June 2020
Interview
Contacted by a 3rd party recruiter. Took 4 days to schedule an interview. The original interviewer could not make it and a subordinate took the interview instead. Basic questions, not even a resume run through. After that, I contacted the recruiter and she said I am not rejected yet and that I am still in the running. Till date, 2 months later, on contacting the recruiter, I was told I am still in the running. Its better to inform candidates if they are rejected than just keeping them hanging.
The interview was fairly easy and consisted of 3, 15 minute sections of question with one person, followed by another 15 minute section with someone else, and same process again.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Lonza (Portsmouth, NH) in Feb 2024
Interview
Meant to have 3 interviews (1 phone, 1 video, 1 in-person) but I only had the phone and in-person interviews. Very straight forward questions regarding familiarity with the processes and experience with cGMP.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if an associate wasnt following the sop?
Simple and easy, don't be an idiot and honetly just try to connect on a human level and you are more than qualified. They are simply looking toi a highly reliable person to crunch numbers and if you're a numbers person this is a perfect fit for you. Imagine a school lab mixed with lego instructions if you can do that and properly handle very dangerous chemicals in a clean room you'll do fine.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have any experience with SOPs (standard operating procedures)