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.
Average interview
Application
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Genentech in June 2020
Interview
I gave a hour long seminar with questions. There was no chalk talk, and I had several 1:1 interviews with potential collaborators including the relevant VP of the department I was interviewing in.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the extent of your computational experience?
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