I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, MA) in Jul 2023
Interview
First had a screening call with the hiring manager and a colleague followed by a candidate seminar and smaller group interviews with the team, overall the process was spread out over 1 week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Experience working with a specific cell type. Example of a collaborative project.
I interviewed at Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Boston, MA)
Interview
Hiring manager's call for ~30mins to understand the background, then recruiter to talk about benefits, after that give a presentation, and panel interviews with many stakeholders within the team and cross-teams.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions are typical interview questions, and they want to see how your experience is related to the position
1on1 with hm for backgrounds and a brieft test in software familarity, then half day with group members and potential future collaborators from other group. the people felt friendly and smart
Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Takeda Pharmaceuticals with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Scientist roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 21 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Takeda Pharmaceuticals overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Takeda Pharmaceuticals as a Scientist according to 21 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 19%
Presentation: 13%
Background check: 9%
Skills test: 7%
Drug test: 6%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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