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      Research Associate Interview

      Sep 19, 2015
      Anonymous employee
      San Diego, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA)

      Interview

      First was a phone interview with a recruiter who had emailed me about 3 weeks after I applied for the job on Illumina's web site. She told me about the company and asked a few questions to see if I was interested and available. A week later I had a 20-minute phone interview, simultaneously with several interviewers. Very standard questions were asked. It was very brief and to-the-point. A week later I was invited on-site to do four 30-minute interviews with panels of scientists and engineers. These interviews felt much friendlier than the previous phone interview. I was asked about how my previous team was organized. I was asked multiple times by different interviewers how I felt about working in a team.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Do you know how our sequencing technology works? Please walk us through how Illumina sequencing works. What do you like about working in a lab? How much DNA do you load onto the sequencer? Do you feel comfortable giving presentations? Why do you want to work at Illumina, as opposed to other nearby companies like Gilead or Genentech? Do you have any experience with analysis of Next-genration sequencing data?
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      Research Associate Interview

      Feb 11, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Diego, CA
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA)

      Interview

      Starts with HR screening call, then moved on to hiring manager call, then moved on to virtual panel interview with 6 members of different teams, whole process took about a month

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      explain a time you dealt with conflict and steps you took to solve it
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      Research Associate Interview

      Apr 6, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. I interviewed at Illumina

      Interview

      They asked for a video one way interview which was strange. Feels like the manager does not have the time or cares enough about the process to do the interview themselves.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What makes you a good fit for this role?
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      Research Associate Interview

      May 12, 2022
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Illumina

      Interview

      Talent acquisition asked standard questions but couldn’t tell me much about the specifics of the team or role. Would imagine that would have been more of a hiring manager task.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What do you know about illumina?
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      Illumina interviews FAQs

      • Research Associate 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 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Research Associate roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 26 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 Research Associate according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  29%

        Group panel interview:  16%

        Skills test:  16%

        Personality test:  14%

        One on one interview:  12%

        Background check:  8%

        Drug test:  2%

        Presentation:  2%

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