The interviewer wanted to know my leadership style, my previous knowledge in the field and what sparkled my interest in the position. I was also asked how long I was available, where did I study, how far was I, and my plans long term for my professional career.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you detail oriented or a big picture type of person?
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.
Roche interviews FAQs
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 67% 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%
Presentation: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 8%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 4%
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