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.
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.
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:
Presentation: 33%
Personality test: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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