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%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Background check: 5%
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I applied online. I interviewed at The Broad Institute
Interview
I applied and got a small coding assignment.
After passing the test I had one phone call with HR and talked to 2 people from the lab before I was asked to visit the offices in Boston. There I met with most people in the team for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have a generator of numbers between 0 and 1, how would you use it to estimate the value of pi?
If you have 100 numbers, what would be your variance on the estimate?
How many points do you need to have an estimate accurate at 0.01?
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.
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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.
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Question 1
Do you know R? I didn't a lot because I work in Python mainly.