It was a digital interview. They used Hirevue. You have about 30 seconds for preparation and two chances to answer each question. Your recorded answer will be reviewed by the recruiter and hiring manager.
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Question 1
What about Illumina, and the work we do, inspired you to apply for a role with us?
A quick call, last about 5 minutes. It was a fun interview, with a lot of interesting question to answer for. Overall, it was a nice experience. Hats off to the Illumina's HR team
First round is one-way interviews, where you record videos of yourself answering questions. Next round is a panel interview over Zoom. At this interview I was asked to give a presentation on an academic paper.
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Question 1
Q: Why do you want to work at Illumina? Q: Describe your experience working with NGS data. Q: Describe what sensitivity and specificity are.
There was a recorded video interview and a day long interview with the other applicants, where they put you in groups and you compete against the other applicants for a full day, as well as having one on one conversations with members of the team.
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What skills do you have that would be suited for the job?
Bioinformatics Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Illumina with 3.3 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 58.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Bioinformatics Intern roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Bioinformatics Intern according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Drug test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Skills test: 10%
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