Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Astellas with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Scientist roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Astellas overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Astellas as a Scientist according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Skills test: 14%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Astellas (South San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2023
Interview
2 Rounds of interview. The first round is a screening with the hiring manager. The second round is a panel interview with cross-functional team members as well as internal team members.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your experience with the technologies you have worked with? Be able to describe the troubleshooting steps and explain the development process.
1) Phone interview with recruiter 2) Phone interview with hiring manager 3) Video interview with team - one-by-one with each person 5-6 people total in one day All interviews were one virtually. No on-site interview performed
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Previous research experience? Cell culture handling experience
I applied online. I interviewed at Astellas (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2019
Interview
the Hiring Manager asked a bunch of general questions to which she had no interest as such in asking. it seemed she was forced to take an interview to which i answered all the questions correctly but still didnt move forward