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Associate Computational Biologist was asked...30 November 2017

Finding duplicates in list, tree type question, machine learning approaches for the problem the team is working on (very high-dimensional), statistics problem

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They seemed more concerned about thought process than correctness.

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I will have the onsite interview next week, could you tell more about the interview details? Less

Computational Biologist was asked...2 March 2021

I asked if they thought I was a good fit

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The hiring manager said I was overqualified and suggested I apply for another position at the company. He facilitated that process and although the position was offered to another candidate it was a very positive experience. Less

Computational Biologist was asked...8 March 2018

what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

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African or European?

Computational Biologist was asked...25 November 2020

What is your experience with object oriented languages?

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I have a fair understanding of python but am not a trained software engineer.

Computational Biologist was asked...7 July 2023

What is fastQ stands for? What packages do you use for scRNA? How they work. Tell me how to build pipelines. etc.

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Honestly I messed up the interview by saying that I do not do these everyday but know how all of these works. I overtalked. Less

Computational Biologist was asked...31 July 2019

Questions about my experience working with machine learning. Questions about regularization. Probability questions /Bayes theorem. Python algorithms.

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Can you please tell us more about the coding part? Also how detailed were the questions about ML algorithms and techniques? Less

Computational Biologist was asked...15 August 2017

I was asked three questions, two about the company and one technical question ( write a function that computes the reverse and complementary of a DNA sequence).

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I wrote the script in R on a google doc, that the PI emailed me before the interview. The PI was really friendly and to peaky at all. They gave me extra 30 mins to finish it. Less

Associate Computational Biologist II was asked...11 June 2021

There were a number of questions ranging from what is the central dogma of biology to some basic CS interview questions

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Just need to showcase basic understanding of algorithms and general biology

Computational Biologist was asked...29 June 2015

Tell me about your research interests.

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Hi, how was the technical interviews? can you please explain the process in details? Many thanks. Less

Computational Biologist was asked...5 April 2016

General questions are asked during the first round. Questions such as your knowledge of code management systems, various bioinformatics software, and etc. The actual technical part of the interview is a rather complex problem that will be emailed to you and further discretion on how to deliver the results.

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