Senior Scientific Researcher applicants have rated the interview process at Genentech with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Scientific Researcher roles take an average of 46 days to get hired, when considering 11 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 Senior Scientific Researcher according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 17%
Background check: 17%
Presentation: 12%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 5%
Personality test: 2%
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First phone screen with HR, then phone screen with the hiring manager. After that I gave a seminar about my research and had one to one meetings all day long
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Question 1
Scientific questions about my research, nothing unexpected.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Genentech in Jan 2023
Interview
Multiple rounds with a lot of technical questions, and a very interactive team. The hiring team members were intelligent and respectful. It took some 3-4 weeks to complete all rounds. Enjoyed the interview process and was provided with feedback.
Phone screen interview. No call back. Felt not relevant for role. Cold. It was hard to get an idea of what the job would have been relating to. Found another job
First there was an initial HR screen, which, if it goes well, will be followed by a shorter meeting with the Hiring Manager. After this second interview, the final round interviews were structured such that I gave a 1 hour seminar to the department corresponding to the position and then had around 13 individual, half-hour long interviews with different people.
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Question 1
This depends on the seminar and scientific background of the candidate, but one question I received was the typical:
Why Genentech? and Why move to industry instead of stay in academia? and What were my motivations for not pursuing a postdoc before applying to industry?