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Human Resources Management Professional with over 13 years of experience. Extensive background in Talent Acquisition and Recruiting a wide range of positions including Scientific, Operations, Human Resources, Real Estate, Finance, Medical, IT and more.
The interviewer wants to hear that you are familiar with Laboratory Information Systems and that you have used them to house your documentation and testing results in prior roles. Your answer to this question allows the interviewer to determine how much training you will be needing on their systems in order to properly document your work.

Human Resources Management Professional with over 13 years of experience. Extensive background in Talent Acquisition and Recruiting a wide range of positions including Scientific, Operations, Human Resources, Real Estate, Finance, Medical, IT and more.
Think about any Laboratory Information Systems that you used in school and any systems that you have utilized throughout your career. Discuss what systems you are familiar with and how you have been required to use them.

Human Resources Management Professional with over 13 years of experience. Extensive background in Talent Acquisition and Recruiting a wide range of positions including Scientific, Operations, Human Resources, Real Estate, Finance, Medical, IT and more.
"Yes. I have worked in LIMS where we did all test recording, documentation, and data review. I currently work in a system called CoIMA which is very similar but more updated."

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In my field of work, I filled the laboratory forms manually with test data, of course, I am also familiar with various software such as Microsoft Excel and special laboratory software and I can work with them easily, in addition, I also have knowledge in the field of computer systems and I can work with them easily.

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This is a good overview of your experience. Be sure to reinforce to the interviewer that you are open to learning other systems as necessary.
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