I applied online. I interviewed at Charles River Laboratories
Interview
They spent the first 10-15 minutes asking about my hobbies and interests from my CV. They also asked me to describe an experiment from undergraduate labs in detail. They asked for melting points of reagents and products. They then asked retrosynthesis questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
they then showed me a proton NMR, carbon NMR and mass spec and I had to deduce the structure of the molecule. It was a disubstituted benzene, had to use the mass spec to determine a chloride was present due to 3:1 ratio. They asked me to retrosynthesise the compound. They then showed me another compound and asked me to retrosynthesise it.
Panel of managers from different sites interviewed came to my campus to for interview. Very nice, mainly talked through my application (CV and cover letter). Also asked standard situation based questions, science interests at university and to explain an experiment I’ve run that applies to role.