I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Xenon Pharmaceuticals (Vancouver, BC) in Dec 2024
Interview
Both the scientist hiring manager and HR were present for the first 60 minute round of interview. Although there was no presentation from my end required, the hiring manager has technical questions for me, including concepts in HPLC, purifcation and a retrosynthesis analysis,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Provide a retrosynthesis of a well-known antibiotic
