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Candidate CV questions (extra)

• Education:

  All of my education was done in Leicestershire – I started at Glen Hills Primary School in Leicester from age 4-10, then attended South Wigston High School from age 10-14.

  I did my GCSEs and A-Levels at Countesthorpe College ages 14-18 where I passed all of my exams. I passed 3 A-Levels and 2 AS-Levels.

  I got in to the University of Leicester to study Pharmaceutical Chemistry where I passed, then did my Masters Degree at Loughborough University, passing in 2018.

  I always knew I wanted a career in Science – it started by wanting to be a marine biologist, but when I was choosing my A-Levels, it was recommended that I take Chemistry as I’d already chosen Biology, French and Geography and Chemistry fit with those 3 well, and the rest is history as I pursued Chemistry the furthest, taking it to degree level.

• Qualifications:

  I have 11 GCSEs including a short course that I took in Year 9.

  I have 3 A-Level and 2 AS-Level qualifications – Chemistry, French and Geography as full A-Levels, and Biology and Critical Thinking as AS-Levels.

  I have a Bachelor’s Degree with Honours from the University of Leicester.

  I have a Master’s Degree with Honours from Loughborough University.

  Each level of education was helpful to get to the next level, so by getting good A-Level results, it allowed me to get into the University that I wanted to, and by getting good degree results, it allowed me to get into another good University to do my Master’s.

• Work History:

  My first job was a glass collector at a local Sports and Social Club, and when I turned 18 I learnt how to serve drinks from behind the bar.

  Between A-Levels and University I took a gap year and worked at the company I’m at now for 11 months to earn some money and learn what it is like in industry before doing my degree.

  I left this job and worked at Boots on the ‘shop floor’ and behind the tills during my years at University. I originally wanted to be trained in the Pharmacy department, but after learning a bit about the role I realised it wasn’t the direction I wanted my career to take.

  After finishing my degrees, I went back to the company I work at now as a QC (Quality Control) analyst, working in the laboratory testing inhalers.

• Current Job:

  My official title is ‘LIMS Application Administrator’ which involves looking after the LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) to ensure that it works correctly and that everyone who needs to use it can do so properly.

• Employer:

  I work at Kindeva Drug Delivery – we used to be part of a company called 3M, but we split off to make our own new company. We have 2 sites in the UK and multiple sites across America. We make inhalers in the UK, such as Ventolin (usually a blue inhaler used by people with asthma), and the medicines we make are used by people all over the world.