Associate Computational Biologist applicants have rated the interview process at The Broad Institute with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Computational Biologist roles take an average of 55 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Broad Institute overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Broad Institute as a Associate Computational Biologist according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 37%
Presentation: 16%
Group panel interview: 16%
Skills test: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at The Broad Institute (Cambridge, MA) in Nov 2017
Interview
First I was sent a coding challenge, which asked some very basic coding questions. Next I had a phone call with the recruiter- they gave me more information and answered questions about the role. Next, I had a phone call with a computational biologist who asked me about my projects and some questions about how I would approach the problems they face.
Finally, the in-person interview was comprised of about 6 hours of 8 meetings with approximately 12 different people overall. I met a large portion of the people on the team I was interviewing for. The interviews spanned from purely conversational (mostly me asking them questions), to mostly background questions (describing projects in depth), too a mixture of background along with a technical question or puzzle. Everyone was very friendly and willing to answer questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Finding duplicates in list, tree type question, machine learning approaches for the problem the team is working on (very high-dimensional), statistics problem
First phone screen with hiring manager. Then, 5-6 interviews over a day with different members of the lab. Each interview was with 2 people from the lab, who held a similar role.
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Question 1
Describe past research experiences, why do you want to join this team.
The interview was fairly easy. Had to do a recorded interview that had five questions, then a programming portion, then was reached out to by individual labs to set up interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
statistics/programming question and questions about my research
I applied online. I interviewed at The Broad Institute
Interview
Phone call from HR+ Codility coding test+ Phone call with hiring manager+ On-site interview. The decision, offer/rejection can be slow. Codility test should be in Python and not so easy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you know R? I didn't a lot because I work in Python mainly.