Research Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Flagship Pioneering with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Scientist roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Flagship Pioneering overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Flagship Pioneering as a Research Scientist according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 19%
Presentation: 19%
Group panel interview: 19%
Phone interview: 19%
Background check: 13%
Personality test: 6%
Skills test: 6%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Flagship Pioneering (Boston, MA) in Jul 2023
Interview
Couple one on one zoom calls with hiring managers and a one day on site including an hour long research presentation and getting to know the company. Pretty standard process, only a few days to hear back between interview steps.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard questions on company fit, directed questions on my research
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Flagship Pioneering (Cambridge, MA) in Jun 2021
Interview
Laronde / Flagship, summer 2021. After multiple phone calls, Zoom and in-person interviews in a very gloomy building: no news, no update! The obviously amateurish “talent acquisition” person did not answer emails. On site, even the most basic MA COVID safety guidelines were ignored.
The people I talked so seemed to be disorganized. They made contradictory statements about their goals. They do not seem to know what they actually need.
Overall, I met a group of rude, cryptic and very unprofessional people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interviews seemed to be unprepared and it feels like they need your ideas. They ask a lot of questions about you, but barely answer questions about Laronde.
I applied online. I interviewed at Flagship Pioneering (Cambridge, MA) in Sep 2020
Interview
The interview process began with telephone screen, presentation, one-on-one meeting, another panel meeting and then HR meeting. Have been told to get back with an offer in a few days but still waiting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you leaving your current organization? It shows a red flag when I realized they keep asking about how will you deal with their issues for their project but have little interesting knowing about yourself. In a sense milking your idea and I suspect there were no opening position actually.