Senior Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Genentech with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Scientist roles take an average of 98 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Genentech overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Genentech as a Senior Scientist according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Presentation: 24%
Group panel interview: 24%
Phone interview: 18%
Background check: 12%
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I completed a recruiter screening via Google Meet. They initiated the call to review my background and asked several specific questions regarding the experience and skills listed on my resume.
Accepted offer
Positive experience
Difficult interview
Application
I applied through other source. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Genentech (South San Francisco, CA)
Interview
1-2 days of interviews. You have to give a seminar which is probably the most important part of the process. This is what usually kills a candidate. Very similar process to academia. Once you have interviewed the hiring manager will usually request a thumbs up or down either on the day of or day after your interview. You should know pretty quickly if they want to hire you. The offer process is ridiculously tedious and takes forever. Your hiring manager has to submit a package for review by a committee which will ultimately decide whether you get an offer. Many people all the way to the SVP level may weigh in.
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Question 1
Didn't really have a difficult question. Mostly interviewers are trying to figure out if you are someone they would want to work with.
There was an initial call with talent agent going over technical qualifications from your CV. You can ask questions about the position.
If everything is good, they'll schedule you for a seminar to the team where you'll live a 40-45ish minute presentation with questions after.
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Question 1
How would you tackle the questions from X projects with orthogonal methods.
online screening: had a 30 min meeting with one hiring manager and a phone call with the other
on site interview: 1 hour long research presentation including Q and A. Panel interview with ~8 people across departments
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Question 1
project related questions and standard behavioral questions