I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Flagship Pioneering (Boston, MA) in Jun 2022
Interview
I applied online for a senior scientist role at one of startup groups within Flagship Pioneering in June 2022, received interview request within a week of application. I was interviewed with the team leader/lab co-founder, and never heard back from them afterwards.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the first thing (which assay, which technique) you can pick up and do on your first day?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Flagship Pioneering (Cambridge, MA) in Mar 2024
Interview
Multiple one on ones with the leadership, current employees, HR, and an employee at another Flagship startup. Also gave a short research seminar followed by additional one-on-ones to ask any remaining quesitons.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your favorite paper you've read recently that is outside your field.
Senior Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Flagship Pioneering 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 47.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Scientist roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Flagship Pioneering overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Flagship Pioneering as a Senior Scientist according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
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