I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Roche
Interview
Process took a very long time.
Day 1: Application, online
week 4: invited to first interview
week 5: interview #1 (Group leaders), 1 h
week 7: invited to second interview
week 9: interview #2 (HR), 1 h
week 10: final decision
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Very specific, technical questions about troubleshooting and how to tackle problems that can occur. In total two case studies.
General questions about CV and past experience.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Roche (Penzberg) in Mar 2023
Interview
The interview was online and was about 1 hour. There were 4 interviewers but only one asked questions. There was a 10-15-minute presentation about your previous research experiences and then some behavior questions. They did not ask difficult technical questions related to the presentation. I think behavior questions were tricky.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Do you have any friends or families that are currently working in Roche? 2. Why do you want to work at Roche? 3. Why should we hire you? I don't remember but most questions you can find on the Roche page on the Glassdoor website.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Roche (Basel)
Interview
The entire interview was a 4-hour virtual process.
1 hour presentation with questions with all interviewers present. Then 6 x 30 min interviews with 1-2 interviewers, each focusing on a slightly different aspect of the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Questions to prior research.
- Very general questions to different points in my CV.
- What I would plan to do in this new position.
Postdoctoral Researcher applicants have rated the interview process at Roche 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 67% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Postdoctoral Researcher roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Roche overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Roche as a Postdoctoral Researcher according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 33%
Presentation: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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