Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Genentech with 3.3 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 68.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Genentech overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Genentech as a Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 18%
Drug test: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Background check: 9%
Skills test: 9%
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I interviewed at Genentech (South San Francisco, CA)
Interview
First I was contacted by the recruiting team. Then I had four different interviews with three different people on their team. Two technical people and two project managers. It was a virtual interview and they asked about my background and skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about my background and then how would I improve certain situations they encountered in their backend. Their stack included Python and multi-threading was key.
I applied online. I interviewed at Genentech (Pleasanton, CA)
Interview
I did not have a great experience with this interviewer. He was not very cooperative, and when I could not answer one of the questions, I felt like he laughed a little. That made me feel uncomfortable and affected the overall interview experience.
I interviewed at Genentech (South San Francisco, CA)
Interview
The interview started after a recruiter reached out. The first interview was a standard technical interview focused on Java programming. It was followed by panel interview covering: programming, system design, and behavioral.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Functional Programming in Java using stream interface.