I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Milliken (Spartanburg, SC) in Jun 2014
Interview
school recruit, get referr from colleges;
apply on line;
after two weeks, get the email for phone interview;
email narrowing time;
being asked to send my research slides and one paper;
phone interview- one week rejection
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Not much. Just general questions.
1, a girl or guy?
2，Go to my slides:
>> Among all the tunable parameters, which is the most important for you to control the nanoparticle structure? How did you design the parameter changing to manipulate your system?
>> The electronstatic association between the acrylic acid and the amine is dynamic, how did it function in your nanostructure controlling.
>> What do you think is the most creative part of your work?
>> what is the most challenge part of your work? Why? How did you fix it?
What are the most important methods you used in your research? Can you describe them?
Why do you choose to study in this project?
How much percentage do you think your advisor played in your research?
Describe yourself to me, if I know nothing about you.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Milliken (Spartanburg, SC)
Interview
I had an on-site interview in SC. The interview process was a little bit unexpected. The interview took a whole day and started with a presentation in the early morning. After the presenation, the interview proceeded with normal 1-1 interview. Most of the interview content was not related to my projects or presentation. They asked questions more leaning to random thinking or not related to your field. They expect you to be faculty-caliber and know most of the things, from science to engieering, not neccessarily related to your own expertise. Maybe they like those people with knowledge breadth and depth. The whole interview process was not very pleasant. some people pretended to be nice, but not really. Some were not nice at all. Be prepared if you are invited
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Throw a stone in the water, explain the fate of the stone.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Milliken (Spartanburg, SC) in Nov 2015
Interview
Recruiters came to the university for a screening interview, was then invited to an on-site interview. Very technical interview - both on my research and instrumentation knowledge. A lot of questions on both how certain instruments work and problem solving situations. A few standard interview questions (strengths, weaknesses), but mostly technical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Draw and explain stress/strain curves. Explain fluorescence microscopy. Given an unknown sample, what tests would you run to characterize it?
Research Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Milliken with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Scientist roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Milliken overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Milliken as a Research Scientist according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Background check: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Skills test: 10%
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