Scientist II applicants have rated the interview process at Cepheid with 3 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 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Scientist II roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cepheid overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cepheid as a Scientist II according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 13%
Presentation: 13%
Personality test: 13%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cepheid in Feb 2022
Interview
Fairly straightforward process - I applied with an employee referral and was scheduled for a short phone screen with a recruiter. I next had a short call with the hiring manager, and the final step was a presentation followed by several panel interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
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I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Cepheid (Sunnyvale, CA) in Apr 2020
Interview
This was the most horrible phone screen interview experience I had with a terrible talent advisor/ recruiter from the firm. The person sounded outright racist to me and did not even know basic research terms to start with. I do not know how a person with such ill-knowledge about basic research terms and hasn't even heard any scientific technique name can be a pharma recruiter. She indirectly kept emphasizing how my pronunciation wasn't American and how she couldn't understand even the simplest of the words from my mouth.