Sollicitatievragen voor Laboratory Technician bij SGS

Een kort Persoonlijk gesprek met personeelsdienst waarop wordt gepeild of je geschikt bent voor de job en shiftwerk. Vragen invullen op de computer. Nadien krijg je telefoon of je aangenomen bent of niet.

30 minute on-site interview for Laboratory technician position - entry level job requiring a bachelor of science degree. The few questions that were asked focused on experiences in undergrad.

I found the position on Totaljobs and was redirected to the company website for the application. I was called by the HR department and offered a face to face interview. At the interview two very kind employees, one the department manager the other lead technician put me at my ease immediately. The questions were average and exactly what I expected after researching the company. The first part of the interview was very personality orientated, with questions like my attitude in a team and how I would see myself working long hours in a lab. The second part was more technical and I was asked specific questions about my experience with microbiology. During the whole time, my answers were recorded in wirting. I was told I would be contacted again by the end of the following week, but I wasnt. I gave them a call, and spoke again to the person in HR who had offered me the interview in the first place. I was told that no constructive feedback had been written and it may just be that they had found a stronger candidate, perhaps with more experience. Unfortunately this explanation is very general, and I had the feeling - given the salary and working conditions - that they were not looking for somebody with more experience at all. I have much more marketable and academic experience than the job description and the proposed salary was for. The fact of not getting constructive feedback and not even receiving a formal rejection was very frustrating.

After researching the interview questions on glassdoor, the interview was exactly as expected, nothing too difficult to answer but BEWARE. The position was advertised as Monday-Friday on the website. When I went to interview I was advised there would also be some weekend work so 2 out of 3 weeks you work 6 days a week... with no extra day off in the week. This was not as was advertised online so I assumed there must have been some confusion so emailed HR after the interview, who clarified the hours were just Monday-Friday. I was offered the job, handed my notice in at previous place of employment only for my SGS contract to come through to say it was not just Monday-Friday but also weekend work aswell. Very sneaky and not impressed.

It was very easy, the HR personal on the phone was kind, after that I had the face to face interview, it was good but they have little tendency to underestimate people or to try to intimidate them. It obvious that inside a validation and certification laboratory for any industry, you have a lot to do everyday. So there`s no really an impressive almost impossible pace to follow, they want you to think that.