Initial HR screen, then phone interview with chemist who had researched my papers and asked a series of questions about my work a long with various chemistry questions, safety questions, which reagent would you use, what type of product would be formed from various reactions… After the phone screen I completed an onsite interview that consisted of a 45 min presentation and then several one on one interviews with both chemists and HR.

I have interviewed with this company for 3 positions over the years, never making it to the final stage, but making it to the 2nd interview once. I applied to a Research Scientist position for their Buffalo location and was informed that I was actually being interviewed for the Rensselaer, New York location. The first HR interview for this position was lasted less than 20 minutes. The interviewer did not seem to know a whole lot about his company and could not answer my questions about the business side of their company at all. He seemed extremely disinterested and just going through the motions. I was promised a reply within 7 days and never heard back from the company. About 8 weeks after the interview, I received a letter of rejection.