I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Genentech in Mar 2021
Interview
Two rounds of interview. First was a phone call with HR, which was received more than about a month after submitting application. Nothing overly technical. Just had to further describe my background a little more. Second interview, which took place a month after the phone call, was a day-long zoom interview with 5 different interviewers. Individually spoke with them for about an hour each. Each interview was different in nature than another, but none of them were overly technical. Had to descripe experience, related projects, troubleshooting approaches, teamworking ability, hypothetical scenarios and such. Questions were straight forward and on-point. Nothing too difficult, but it was exhausting to speak about my experience for 5 hours straight (20 minutes break in between)
Received an offer about 2-3 weeks after the panel interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Describe your day-to-day work at your current company
- What value can your experience bring to the team?
- Provide an experience when you had to confront a coworker
- Describe how you'd troubleshoot (hypothetical technical issue)
I had a phone interview with HR. Then another phone interview with the hiring manager that lasted around 30 minutes. I then had a panel interview with the entire team, 3 separate interviews with 2 interviewers at once that was a full day onsite interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Scenario based questions: describe how you would approach a situation XYZ
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Genentech (Oceanside, CA) in Mar 2018
Interview
The interview process was pretty easy and straightforward. I had applied online via Genentech’s career portal and got an email a couple weeks later to schedule a phone interview. The phone interview was about 30 minutes long and to my surprise, very easy and laid back. The interviewer was very nice and the dialogue was casual. It essentially became an informational interview where I got the chance to learn more about the company, position and the summer project that the position was for. It was a good mix of behavioral and easy technical questions. These technical questions were more about my experience with various technologies (listed within the job description) rather than the typical CS trivia. A couple of days later, I had gotten an email from the HR with the offer. I would suggest studying the job description, reviewing your experience with the listed requirement, and especially looking up the interviewer on LinkedIn if you can. That helped me form the “right” relevant questions to guide the conversation to both express my interests and learn more about the project.