Phone interview. Mostly technical questions were asked, 1 soft skill question. Interviewer's environment having echo and interviewer's hard accent contributed to difficulty in interpreting questions clearly. Interview time was around 40-50 minutes.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2021
Interview
Very long process. Took two weeks for each step. Panel interview where you met the whole team which was very nice! Prob the best interview experience I've had in awhile. Did not get an offer which is sad since I wasted a lot of my time and theirs during the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a situation where you had a conflict with an employee? How did you handle this conflict and resolve it ? (Be very specific)
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Apr 2021
Interview
1. Phone interview with the hiring manager (30 min)
2. Phone interview with Illumina recruiter (can answer any question to help candidate prepare interview)
3.20 minutes presentation 15 minutes Q &A (through Microsoft team)
4. Eight 1: 1 or 1: 2 virtual interview
They asked a lot of questions to investigate the candidate's thinking process. They are looking for people who have strong research skills, strong analytical skills, strong formulation skills, strong knowledge of protein (protein purification, PI of the protein, etc).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There are 50 kinds of buffer, how are you going to design your formulation study? How do you choose your buffer for the protein candidate? How do you come up with the list of your buffers?