I applied online. I interviewed at Illumina (Cambridge, England) in June 2017
Interview
I initially had a phone interview, the questions related to my education and skills related to the job. The second stage of the interview process an online programming test and the third was on-site at Illumina. This involved a 20 min presentation on a title I was given prior to the interview, a debugging test ) and a 2 face to face interviews, the first focused on my skills and education and the second was mainly a chance for me to ask questions and I was asked when I'd be available, expected salary etc.
1, I got contacted by recruiter and then submitted application online. 2, About one week after application, I was assigned a time slot and had a phone interview with hiring manager. 3, Received rejection letter 3 weeks later
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
a few concepts about OOP in C++; discuss a puzzle with HM;
The people in the company are very friendly and very professional. The company is one of the biggest NGS machine and kits providers in the world. It could be amazing to be in this kind of place.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina in Aug 2020
Interview
I applied online. I had video interview (HireVue) in August 2020. The process took 3+ week.
There were 2 behavioral questions, 3 technical questions and one coding question.
I didn't answer 3 technical questions very well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about statistics, data structure and algorithm.