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 applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Genentech in Jun 2020
Interview
I gave a hour long seminar with questions. There was no chalk talk, and I had several 1:1 interviews with potential collaborators including the relevant VP of the department I was interviewing in.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the extent of your computational experience?
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.
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.
Interview questions [1]
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
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
project related questions and standard behavioral questions