I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina in Jan 2018
Interview
First interview was an on-demand interview on hirevue with 8 behavioural and personality questions. After which, was shortlisted for on-site interview which was very casual. The interviewers also made me troubleshoot a real-life scenario on the spot. There is no need to prepare for it. I had fun during the interview and got to know more about the role during the on-site interview.
The interview process was nice. I got to speak to several people who wanted to find the best position for my experience. Everyone I spoke to was very nice. It started with an interview with a recruiter and moved to people who were directly involved in the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce yourself and your background that relates to the position.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina in Jun 2024
Interview
The interview process was direct and well organized. Recruiter call + call with hiring manager and a selected few of team members + presentation + final whole day of interviews
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a live coding problem where they asked me to create a function that would reverse and reverse compliment a sequence. I had to optimize the code by thinking of an alternative method as well as a bonus point.
I applied online. I interviewed at Illumina (Singapore)
Interview
1 HR interview (phone call) + 1 hiring manager interview (onsite interview) + 1 San Diego Manager interview (video call)
Whole process took me about 2 months to complete and another 2 weeks to get back from HR on the interview results.
Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Illumina with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Illumina overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Illumina as a Engineer according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 14%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 9%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
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