The interview was initiated with a phone call that lasted about a half hour. The caller was a potential co-worker rather than a manager, which I thought was a good idea since day to day interactions would be with this person and his opinion of my personality and skills would be important. An on-site interview was scheduled for about two weeks later. I was flown in and put up in a hotel across the street. The travel arrangements were very well organized and my schedule was emailed to me a few days prior to the trip. The interview itself lasted from about 830 am to 4 pm, which included lunch with two other potential co-workers. There seemed to be a strong emphasis on personality matching with company culture because the company is still relatively small and young. In all, I met with about 8 people (including lunch) and was asked about prior experience, specifics techniques I was familiar with, technical questions about pharmaceutical chemistry and the industry in general, my goals for the next 5 years, my impressions of Targacept, and a series of behavioral questions (asked by HR). I was invited back for a second on-site interview about two weeks later (mostly the same as the first but meeting with more senior members of the company) and an offer was made approximately a week after that.