1st lab interview sucked

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I am back from my lab interview, which is my first interview ever...

I think I did really bad.

The first thing the professor asked was... "why genetics?"

I told him that I'd rather do biochem than genetics, because chemistry was always the subject I was good at, but since I already took classes in genetics and want to graduate on time I stuck with this major

I don't think that this was a good answer b/c the lab deals with plant genetics.

Then a while later he asked me if I had an inherent interest in plants... I told him that I was interested in the genetics of plants... I guess this would be a contradiction, right? Because I guess I didn't show him interest I was interested in genetics, yet I told him I was interested in genetics of plants.

Then he gave me a short plant that was mutagenized, and told me that there was a tall plant... he asked me how to determine the genes responsible for the tall phenotype... I was thinking of the saturation, f2, and f3 screens and was not all all thinking in terms of a simple cross with a ratio progeny count. arrgg...=(

Then he showed me a complementation test and I got confused over his example. I was asking so many questions for clarification that the interview became an office hour. HOW EMBARRASING! ! !

Don't you guys think it's hard to recall the stuff you learned? I could explain the concepts of genetics but it would take time to recall it... I had an A and genetics, and I displayed my incompetance to him.....arrrggggggggggggggg...

He's probably questioning my abililties in genetics now =(... I took a genetics class 1 and a 1/2 years ago.... I CANT REMEMBER THIS STUFF!!!!

Then he showed me the lab, which went fine until he showed me my task of genotyping plants... I was wondering what else I would be doing in addition to that and so I asked him what else I'd be doing... He sort of stuttered as if he sensed that I was disappointed over this task because perhaps it appeared boring. I sensed this then I foolishly blurted out..., "I'm not asking because it seems boring..." By saying this I must've reinforced the impression that that I thought it was going to be boring... WHAT A FOOL I WAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EMBARRASING...


So, I was wondering if first interviews are supposed to be screw ups, because mine obviously was!

=(

Writing all this makes me feel a tad better....🙁

*sigh*

 

[ek6]

of course first interviews are tough.

go into the interview and try to control it a little more - try to make it more into conversation and direct it away from a Q & A session.

 

[exigente chica]

I know how that is..I had 6 interviews and 5 were great and one was ewwwww

I wonder how much pull each interviewer has😕


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