Data Science applicants have rated the interview process at Illumina with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Science roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Illumina overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Illumina as a Data Science according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Video interview: HR questions (Why Illumina? Why you? What do you want from this internship ...)
- Telephone interview: Technical question
- Assessment day: one to one Interview and 4 different group works
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Illumina
Interview
Invited to go on site and do 30 min presentation + Q&A.
Then the schedule was:
+ 1hr discussion with team leads about the role
+ 1hr discussion with a member from a different team to evaluate communication
+ break where I met junior members of the team
+ wrap up with HR person.
Everything went smoothly and everyone was nice.
Travel expenses were covered.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Experience in coding. Experience in large projects. Working relations in the past.
I felt I could have done better in answering what I knew about "unit testing". (I think that was what made me not get an offer in the end.
Explain a project to someone outside my field.
I was allowed to ask a lot of questions.