Senior Program Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Cepheid with 4 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 Senior Program Manager roles take an average of 21 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 Senior Program Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cepheid
Interview
Talked to recruiter for 30 min and job seemed to align with my experience. Next I had a 30 min interview with the hiring manager which was awful. No way to put it nicely, the hiring manager didn't even start the call with a greeting/intro or asking about my experience. Went straight into grilling me about the company, biochemical mechanism of action of the technology and minute details of program management. Extremely aggressive and patronizing. Can't imagine they do well in their program teams leading projects, horrible people skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the biochemical mechanism of the company's core technology?
The interview is divided into three stages: 1) the first is the HR Pre-screening 2) Line Manager 1-1 was much more intense where we speak about past experiences and some scenario-based questions 3) Case study presented to the panel