Quality Assurance Associate/ Sr. Quality Assurance Associate
Posted Sep 9, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you helped prepare for an audit or inspection.
What they are checking: Whether they have practical experience with audits and know what inspectors look for.
How do you keep track of many compliance items at once without missing deadlines?
What they are checking: Whether they have reliable tracking habits for a role built on follow-through.
Tell me about a time you found an error in someone else's work. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they raise quality issues tactfully and keep working relationships intact.
What would you do
You find a batch record with missing signatures after the product has been used. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they document and escalate gaps through the right process rather than backfilling.
A lab supervisor pushes back on a documentation requirement as unnecessary. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they can explain the purpose of a requirement and hold the line respectfully.
How would you tell the difference between a minor documentation error and a real quality issue?
What they are checking: Whether they assess risk sensibly instead of treating everything the same.
About the work
How does FDA's Quality Management System Regulation relate to ISO 13485, and what changed when the two were aligned?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the current regulatory framework the lab operates under.
Walk me through what good records management looks like in a clinical molecular lab.
What they are checking: Whether they know document control, retention and traceability as everyday practice.
What are acceptance activities, and how would you handle incoming reagents that fail inspection?
What they are checking: Whether they understand receiving controls and nonconforming material handling.
How do production and process controls apply to a lab that runs NGS tests?
What they are checking: Whether they can apply device quality concepts to a lab setting.
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