In a 15-minute introductory call for this (Senior) Epigenetics Bioinformatician role you can expect a high-level screening of:
- Your Background & Motivation
- A quick “walk me through your résumé” focused on your epigenetics and single-cell experience.
- Why Conception’s mission around iPSC-derived germ cells excites you.
- Technical Highlights
- Briefly describe a key project (e.g. an ATAC-seq or CUT&TAG analysis) and the tools you used (R, Python, bash, Seurat/Scanpy pipelines).
- How you translate complex low-input epigenomic data into bench-testable hypotheses.
- Fit & Collaboration Style
- Examples of working cross-functionally with wet-lab biologists.
- How you manage workflows on an HPC cluster and maintain reproducible code (git, modular scripts).
- Your Questions for Them
- What are the team’s top priorities in the next 3–6 months?
- How is success measured for this role?
- What do you see as the biggest technical challenge in your current epigenetics projects?
Prepare concise, 2–3 sentence stories for each bullet, and have 2–3 thoughtful questions ready. That way you’ll cover the essentials and leave time for next-step logistics.