I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Thermo Fisher Scientific (South San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2019
Interview
Three rounds. The first one with HR, the second with a senior engineer, last was a presentation with individual meetings including whiteboard questions and IQ challenges. Friendly people with some political aspects.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Write python code to find the reverse complimentary of a DNA sequence
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Thermo Fisher Scientific (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2019
Interview
Start with phone interview then onsite interview. You pay the travel cost by your self then company will send you a check. Mainly asked about my Java and cloud projects. Need to prepare for an presentation.
Staff Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Thermo Fisher Scientific 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 56.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Staff Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Thermo Fisher Scientific overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Staff Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Background check: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
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