The interview process started with a virtual assessment through TestGorilla, followed by a Zoom interview with a senior Clinical Laboratory Associate. After that, I was invited to a three-hour in-person interview. The onsite interview included two back-to-back 30-minute interviews and a lab practical. For the lab practical, the SOP they give you is very short and doesn’t explain much. You’re basically instructed to pipette different volumes of liquid (it’s just water) into tubes in a specific order. The main thing they’re testing is whether you can follow directions carefully and handle pipettes correctly. After mixing, you place the tubes on a vortex (the vibrating machine) to mix them, and then use a centrifuge (the machine that spins) to bring everything down to the bottom of the tube. It’s meant to simulate basic PCR prep, but it’s more about attention to detail than actual science knowledge.