I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Takeda Pharmaceuticals (New York, NY) in Apr 2022
Interview
Interview Process:
Level 1: Call from the recruiter to verify background and personal information. Set up MS Teams meeting with the hiring manager.
Level 2: Virtual meeting with the hiring manager. Introductory chat. Shared my research experiences and accomplishments during grad school. Was asked to provide letters of recommendation in order to move to the next rounds of interviews.
Level 3: A 45 minutes-long virtual research presentation followed by 15 minutes of questioning. Subsequently 9 rounds of meetings with multiple interviewers 2-on-1 or 1-on-1 basis spanned over 2 days.
Interviewers were very professional and asked pertinent questions. They were very warm and easy to talk to. They provided valuable inputs on my research and were encouraging.
Final decision: The recruiter offered me the job within 9 days from the last day of interviews. The hiring manager and recruiter was extremely helpful and nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most questions were related to my PhD research work. They also asked some situational questions.
I interviewed at Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Boston, MA)
Interview
Hiring manager's call for ~30mins to understand the background, then recruiter to talk about benefits, after that give a presentation, and panel interviews with many stakeholders within the team and cross-teams.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions are typical interview questions, and they want to see how your experience is related to the position
1on1 with hm for backgrounds and a brieft test in software familarity, then half day with group members and potential future collaborators from other group. the people felt friendly and smart
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, MA) in July 2023
Interview
First had a screening call with the hiring manager and a colleague followed by a candidate seminar and smaller group interviews with the team, overall the process was spread out over 1 week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Experience working with a specific cell type. Example of a collaborative project.