Karius interview questions

I had a 30 minute initial phone call with the recruiter. He was very professional and clear about both the role and subsequent interview process. Great first contact with the company. Following the call, I had an informal 45 minute zoom chat with a member from the Computational Biology team. It was a great experience that left me with a clear picture of both the problems the team is currently working on and the work culture. Afterwards, I was given a take-home exercise that took 6 hours, initiated by a zoom call to allow for questions to be asked. This was a great way to "try on" the role to see if working on the problems Karius is facing would be interesting and to showcase your thought process. Lastly, I had an on-site interview that consisted of a 30 minute presentation and 4 45 minute interviews with the Analytics team I would be joining. It was a formal, structured process mostly consisting of a mix of behavioral and technical questions. Overall it was a nice chance to meet the team, although a bit more time for casual conversation with each team member would have been welcomed. Overall it was very informative, clear, and professional experience.

I first had an interview with the Director of Data Science. I was then given a take-home technical assessment (to be completed in 4 hours). After the assessment, a recruiter reached out to schedule an interview with the VP of Medical Affairs. All interviews went well. The recruiter said that he would work on scheduling my next steps (which is a series of 5 interviews with different directors). This never happened, even though the recruiter kept emailing me every week telling me that he was still working on this. A month later, I got an email saying that the position had been filled. Overall, it was an unpleasant experience working with the recruiter. He was 15 minutes late to my interview. He was unorganized and not completely honest/transparent about the whole recruiting process. Considering that I invested a lot of time/efforts into the technical assessment and interviews, I just wish that I was treated with more respect and with more transparency. I DO NOT recommend this company to anyone.