Day plan: Introductory Talk explaining the placement Tour of laboratories and Site Lunch Group Activity - asked to make a list of top 10 most influential people in the last 200 years (groups of 4) Technical Interview - standard synthesis and characterization questions done individually. Lots of aromatics. Also had general questions asked. Done individually..

Assessment centre consisted of tour, lunch, technical based interview and group exercise. All interviewers were very friendly and kind. Group exercise involved two timed tasks, but interviewers were more bothered about how you worked in a team rather than how successful you were. Similarly, more important to show your thinking process in the technical interview rather than get all the questions right.