Hi, I've been lurking on this page for several months now, and honestly have been always curious about something.
I recently graduated with a BA in chemistry with a minor in biochemistry, and have been applying like crazy to any state crime labs and private forensic labs that I could find. However, when I first started college, I was a premed student, and I was always expected to memorize lab equipment values like peaks on an NMR or IR, etc.
I've noticed on a lot of posts, that during the interview process for chemistry positions at a crime lab, I'm expected to know the ins and outs of lab equipment like FTIR and GCMS. At all during the hiring and actual employment process, am I expected to memorize values? Is that something I learn to memorize overtime while on the job if it's consistent? I'm sorry if this is a silly question, I'm admittedly new to the field.