I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Genentech (South San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2014
Interview
I was contacted initially by an in house recruiter. Good conversations and email with him, followed by phone interview with hiring manager. Flew to SF for full day interview with seminar. Talked with a dozen scientists an RAs of varying levels. All with good scientific and work related personnel questions. Day prior to the interview was taken on an area tour. This was time well spent as I was coming from outside the area. Fantastic group, great process, amazing science.
Happily, the whole process went very quickly with excellent communication during all phases. HR was working with many candidates so I was appreciative of the timely responses.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Good questions about my past work, preferred working environment, management structure and style, how I fit into a group, and variation of these.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Genentech in Jun 2021
Interview
Had a really great impression of the company. Gave a short interview of my work to the hiring manager via Zoom and had a chance to ask questions afterwards. Unfortunately didn’t get an offer in the end.
Phone interview with hiring manager was followed by in Person day long on site Interview with 30 minute individual 1:1 meetings, 1 hour seminar on your work and lunch with peers
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Genentech
Interview
Straight forward interview for R & D. You need to be able to justify what you write down on your resume, especially the technical, scientific and trouble - shooting parts. If you have publications, you need to be able to describe what you did, its findings, etc.
