In the first stage I was interviewed over the phone, 30 minutes, the chat was relatively relaxed and the main aim was to find out more about my skills and the job itself.
The second stage was an assessment centre with five other people. We were a varied group, from recent BSc graduates to Ph.D.s with lots of industrial experience. We were given an overview of JM and then proceeded to two group exercises. This was quite fun but did involve some sitting on the floor. We also has opportunities to ask some senior level scientists questions. The last part was a set of three tests, numerical, verbal and abstract reasoning and then finally a phychometric test.
The third stage are personal interviews which do include technical questions, mainly how you would proceed in a given situation and how you have proceeded in real life situations.
The people at JM were friendly so the process was not too traumatic.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical question, how would you go about developing a JM product?
I applied online. I interviewed at Johnson Matthey
Interview
In my opinion, the interview process very straightforward. It started with a preliminary phone interview with HR; this was followed by video interview with hiring managers. The entire process took roughly one month
There were several interviews with various people in the department (PhD level chemists) as well as interviews with HR and lunch with a few of the people who interviewed me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Scaling up chemical reactions and general synthetic chemistry questions.
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Johnson Matthey (Cambridge, England) in Sept 2020
Interview
With a team leader and senior team leader. Mostly informal situation based questions. Some technical questions relating to process development and undergraduate level organic chemistry reactions. Then motivation and competency based questions with a HR representative.
