I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6+ months. I interviewed at Genentech in July 2012
Interview
Scheduling was a disaster but once set up things proceeded as anticipated. Unfortunately the development and research sides were not in alignment. Roche implementation with Ventana had them uncertain as to the process moving forward and where the department was going. All in all not a great impression to say the least.
Other Senior Scientist interview reviews for Genentech
I completed a recruiter screening via Google Meet. They initiated the call to review my background and asked several specific questions regarding the experience and skills listed on my resume.
There was an initial call with talent agent going over technical qualifications from your CV. You can ask questions about the position.
If everything is good, they'll schedule you for a seminar to the team where you'll live a 40-45ish minute presentation with questions after.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you tackle the questions from X projects with orthogonal methods.
online screening: had a 30 min meeting with one hiring manager and a phone call with the other
on site interview: 1 hour long research presentation including Q and A. Panel interview with ~8 people across departments
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
project related questions and standard behavioral questions