I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Feb 2016
Interview
First round -> Technical plus behavioral interview, which mostly focused on projects from my resume and some standard behavioral questions.
Second round -> I was called on-site along with many other students. There were in total 4 rounds that same day, out of them 1 was technical, 2 rounds had team activities and 1 round was to present on a given topic for 5 minutes. I screwed up the technical interview, so didn't receive the offer.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a situation where you suggested a good idea but it was shot down by the supervisor.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Mar 2020
Interview
Initially just a phone screening with the Recruiter, then a phone interview with the hiring manager. After that, there was a phone screening with the hiring manager. After this, there was a virtual "panel" of interviewers (4 hours of back to back interviewing). The communication in scheduling all of this could have been better but all in all a good (yet arduous) process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lots of situational scenarios, debugging strategies, some coding questions.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Illumina
Interview
Short non-technical phone interview asking about , then 2-hour Skype with a few technical questions and one coding questions, but mostly behavioral (was referred by someone I knew and it was a bit last-minute)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to balance asking questions with working independently
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Illumina
Interview
After a lengthy phone screen, I was invited to the in-person interview, which included four separate meetings with different functional groups as well as a tour of the campus. Each interview was a combination of technical questions and personal, getting-to-know you questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you test the accuracy of your results without a baseline?
