Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Amgen with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Scientist roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 54 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amgen overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amgen as a Scientist according to 54 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 15%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 12%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amgen (Thousand Oaks, CA) in Aug 2018
Interview
I first had an informational interview with a member of the hiring team and subsequently applied for the position online. Following an initial call from the Amgen HR representative, I had a 30 minute phone interview with five members of the group I was applying to. The phone interview was approximately 10 minutes of questions regarding my technical background, 5 minutes of experiment design questions. The remaining 15 minutes was for me to ask questions about the position, job, etc. After several weeks, I was invited for a full day in-person interview. The interview required me to give a research presentation (45 minutes with 15 minutes for questions), and included 1:1 interviews (30 minutes each) with 10 different individuals at Amgen. The in-person interview was a full day and fairly difficult, but effective in terms of learning about Amgen and assessing fit. I received a verbal offer of employment (i.e., over the phone) several weeks later, followed by a written offer.
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Question 1
The most common questions I received were why I wanted to work at Amgen and in the particular group I applied to, and what my career goals were. Technical questions were specific to the job function and were clearly designed to assess the candidate's thinking process, rather than repertoire of knowledge.
Very professional, smooth process from telephone interview to onsite. Easy to apply online. On-site interview is tough with hiring manager. Generally takes 4-6 weeks to know the result after onsite interviews.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amgen (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Interview
Applied online at the company's website. The recruiter contacted me three days later via email. We set up a phone call which lasted about 30 minutes. Overall, it was a pleasant conversation.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amgen in Jan 2025
Interview
The hiring process consisted of three rounds, but it felt rushed and lacked transparency. The HR phone screen and hiring manager call were scheduled back-to-back with no prior notice. After the final onsite interview, which required two days of travel and a six-hour on site interview. they ghosted me after two weeks. I get that no response usually means rejection, but failing to follow up after such an extensive interview process is just disrespectful.