Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Roche with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 84% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 56 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Roche overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Roche as a Internship according to 56 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 13%
Group panel interview: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 8%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Roche (New York, NY) in Mar 2015
Interview
The interview was a simple 30 minute phone interview with basic questions asked about my background, my future aspirations, what I would like to do in this specific internship in the ideal scenarios, etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk me through your CV, what's your ideal role during this internship, what would you like to afterwards
It was a one way video assessment. I was given 90 second prep time and 2 retries. Overall i was asked 5 questions regarding my personal qualities and what i understood about the role.
HR interviewed, asked about very general questions (why Roche, why this role, my previous experiences), moved to the next round with hiring manager. Got a little more technical and asked my previous experiences a bit more
I applied online. I interviewed at Roche (Basel) in Dec 2025
Interview
I was asked to prepare a 20 minute presentation for the interview. On interview I was then asked to deliver it in 10 minutes instead, to see how I could manage that stressful situation.