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      Principal Scientist Interview

      Sep 18, 2015
      Anonymous employee
      San Diego, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at bp (San Diego, CA) in Feb 2012

      Interview

      The process occurred in three stages. First was a typical phone interview which focused on the technical qualifications and experience to perform in the job. Second was the onsite interview, which was scheduled with panels of technical experts both junior and senior in experience to the role I was interviewing for. Each panel focused on a particular area including technical expertise, teamworking and collaboration, and management and leadership. Also thrown in were a conversation with the HR director at the site, and also a technical presentation I had to give. Overall the interview on site took up a whole day. The third stage required an assessment by an industrial psychologist that included both a written portion (taken before the in person interview) and an onsite conversation with the psychologist. Overall the interview was quite extensive and I would rank it as one of the more difficult and energy draining interviews I have experienced.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Describe a time when you had to influence someone that your idea or approach was worth trying. How did you approach that and what was the outcome?
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