Charles River Laboratories·Research Scientist

Charles River Laboratories Research Scientist interview experience

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Cambridge, EnglandPosted Mar 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I ended up having a pretty unusual interview day at Charles River Labs.

I’d applied for two different roles at the company, and the second one was the one I actually wanted. The twist was that I didn’t realize I’d been accepted into the first role’s interview stream until I was already deep into the process for it.

I got an email inviting me to interview for the first position. During that initial conversation, they asked whether I’d applied for any other jobs and specifically what they were. I was honestly sure they already knew I’d applied elsewhere internally, so I told the truth and owned up to it. That surprised them, but it didn’t derail anything—while I

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