Microbiologist Interview Questions
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Microbiologist interview questions shared by candidates
Which bacterial species can be in food and home care products?
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Salmonella, shigella, E. coli, Campylobacter Some of these bacterial species found in raw food and probably contaminate the home care products Less
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Some bacterial species are pathogenic that cause food infection or food intoxication and can spoil the food these are salmonella shigella staphylococcus aures acetobacter and some bacterial species are probiotic that can boostup of immune system and good for health they are present in food like lactobacilus bifidobacterium and also yeast Less
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Some bacterial species are pathogenic that cause food infection or food intoxication and can spoil the food these are salmonella shigella staphylococcus Flavobacterium psuedomonas and some bacterial species are probiotic that can boostup of immune system and good for health they are present in food like lactobacilus bifidobacterium and also yeast Less


Describe an instance where you had a test result that was not expected. What steps did you take after you received the result? What was the outcome?
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Told a generic story about a failed test and how I checked the controls and when down the test procedure to determine that the reagents were made incorrectly. Less




What do you know about SGS? Given background information on how the lab functions, what skills do you offer that make you a strong candidate for the position?
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Did not do any research on SGS before the interview!

