Research Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Adobe with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 91% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Scientist roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Adobe overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Adobe as a Research Scientist according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Phone interview: 19%
Personality test: 16%
Presentation: 13%
Background check: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
Skills test: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Adobe
Interview
Reached out by the recruiter, followed with a phone screening. Then an onsite interview was scheduled which includes a research talk and around 5 rounds of interviews with individual interviewers. The interviews contains contents from research discussions on your related experience to your vision towards future research. The questions were deep, asking for insightful understanding of your field of expertise and broader understanding of the whole research community. The interviewers are super nice professional researchers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly details of your past research projects, possible extension of your research, your vision towards future research, and how you see your role at Adobe.
It was efficient, not well structured though. The technical problems are good, coding is mostly from LeetCode. It'd better to brush up ML breadth and know deep on the things you claim to be an expert.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Adobe in Feb 2025
Interview
The interview was a day long process started by a presentation of my past work, followed by 4 technical interviews and lastly the hiring manager round.
The process was in person.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Adobe in Nov 2024
Interview
First a job-talk about past projects and experiences. Then a series of 1:1 interviews among 6~10 people. This process is done in two or three days. The interviewers are from diverse backgrounds, not only technical stuff from the same area, but from different areas.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you persuade the non-experts about the algorithm design to reject their advice?