I interviewed at Ginkgo BioWorks (Boston, MA) in Apr 2020
Interview
Only got as far as the phone interview but everyone was pleasant, not a ton of information on the role itself.
Phone interview with two technical team members, good questions about my past research experience but the team wasn’t very clear about what skills they were looking for so it was hard to highlight what I thought would be relevant
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Ginkgo BioWorks in Nov 2021
Interview
Pretty enjoyable. Talking mainly to different scientists and all of them are super nice. They are also super keen in science and they ask really deep and great questions. I was inspired by their questions. Great experience!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
More science questions from my presentation, no universal questions.
Research Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Ginkgo BioWorks with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Scientist roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Ginkgo BioWorks overall takes an average of 40 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Ginkgo BioWorks as a Research Scientist according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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