According to a recruiter there, this agency does not consider applicants with visas. This was disappointing because the rejection was due to an issue out of my control. I wish I had been given a fair opportunity to be evaluated on my skills and competency, not my nationality. Nonetheless, the company seemed alright. They should try and make their workplace more inclusive.

Straight to a written test, which consisted of three parts: abstract, newsletter and summary slide based on a fairly complex paper. This test took around 20 hours, which is an half a working week, with three days to return (one of which was a Friday, so I was working)