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Describe methods you have found effective to count numbers of chromosomes and identify the structural abnormalities by viewing culture slides through microscopes, light microscopes, or photomicroscopes. |
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What kind of experience do you have examining chromosomes found in biological specimens to detect abnormalities? Share an experience. |
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Tell me how you analyze chromosomes found in biological specimens to aid diagnoses and treatments for genetic diseases such as congenital birth defects, fertility problems, and hematological disorders. |
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Share an experience in which you successfully shared a difficult piece of information. (Make sure that the candidate has open lines of communication.) |
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Share an experience when you applied new technology or information in your job. How did it help your company? |
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Share an effective approach to working with a large amount of information/data. How has your approach affected your company? |
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Tell me about the last time you monitored or reviewed information and detected a problem. How did you respond? |
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Name a time when you identified strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to problems. What was the impact? |
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Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company. |
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Walk me through how you arrange and attach chromosomes in numbered pairs on karyotype charts, using standard genetics laboratory practices and nomenclature, to identify normal or abnormal chromosomes. |
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How would you rate your writing skills? (Ask for an example that demonstrates great writing skills.) |
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Name a time where you prepared biological specimens such as amniotic fluids, bone marrow, tumors, chorionic villi, and blood, for chromosome examinations. |
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Share an example of a time you had to gather information from multiple sources. How did you determine which information was relevant? |
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Please share an experience in which you presented to a group. What was the situation and how did it go? |
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Share your knowledge of selecting or preparing specimens and media for cell cultures using aseptic techniques, knowledge of medium components, or cell nutritional requirements. |
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