I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Genentech (South San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2021
Interview
I had applied through LinkedIn. I got email from hiring manager directly to schedule the first interview.
Round 1: Initial call with Hiring manager.
Round 2: 45 min seminar to the team
Round 3: Several one on ones
Round 4: Call with HR.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your background?
Why you think is you are a good fit for this role
Few technical question to test the approaches I would take and judge my knowledge regarding the subject.
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.
Interview questions [1]
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?