Skill-Set Screening Questionnaire
Please answer each question in 3 to 6 sentences. Concrete examples from coursework, internships, senior projects, or prior jobs are all welcome. Brief, specific answers are preferred over long narratives.
1. Wet-lab hands-on experience
Describe a laboratory technique or workflow you have personally performed (e.g., nucleic acid purification, RNA analysis, Western blot, ELISA, cell culture). What was the sample type, what was your role, and what did you learn when something went wrong?
2. Laboratory notebook and documentation
How do you organize your lab notebook or electronic records? Share an example of an entry you are proud of and explain why it would be easy for a colleague (or an auditor) to follow six months later.
3. Specimen handling and chain-of-custody
Walk us through how you would receive, accession, aliquot, and store a batch of 50 human serum samples. What details would you record, and how would you prevent mix-ups or labeling errors?
4. Excel, Python, or R for data
Describe the most data-intensive analysis you have done. What tool did you use (Excel, Python, R, or other), what was the dataset, and what was the output? A link to code or a screenshot is welcome but not required.
5. Bioinformatics or data-science exposure
Share any coursework, project, or internship where you worked with biological or clinical data programmatically. What libraries or methods did you use (pandas, numpy, tidyverse, scikit-learn, Bioconductor, etc.) and what question were you trying to answer?
6. Attention to detail under time pressure
Tell us about a time you had to complete detail-sensitive work (lab protocol, data entry, study compliance) under a tight deadline. What system did you use to avoid errors, and what happened?
7. Safety and BSL-2 / clean-room practice
Describe your training and experience working with human biospecimens or in a BSL-2 / clean-room environment. What PPE, decontamination, and waste-handling practices do you follow, and how do you respond to a spill or near-miss?
8. Project management and ownership
Describe a project either academic, professional, or personal, where you owned execution from start to finish. How did you track progress, communicate status, and adjust when priorities shifted?
9. Handling proprietary and confidential information
Oncodea's reagent formulations and predictive models are trade secrets. Describe a time you handled confidential material (unpublished data, proprietary code, patient information). How did you protect it while still collaborating effectively?
10. Why Oncodea, why now
In a few sentences, tell us why early cancer detection matters to you and what specifically about Oncodea's molecular pattern analysis approach drew you to this role. What is one question you would most want to ask our CSO in a first interview?