I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Mar 2012
Interview
Interviews with sequential panels as well as HR representative. Interviewers included the supervisor, his/her manager, and several lab associates. During the interview, they asked about previous laboratory experiences and explained the job responsibilities. Staff was courteous and tried to make the interview process as welcoming and not-awkward as possible. Interview was conducted on site at HQ, an impressive location.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you describe a situation in which you made a mistake or had to troubleshoot any failures in your experiment?
Starts with HR screening call, then moved on to hiring manager call, then moved on to virtual panel interview with 6 members of different teams, whole process took about a month
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
explain a time you dealt with conflict and steps you took to solve it
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Illumina
Interview
They asked for a video one way interview which was strange. Feels like the manager does not have the time or cares enough about the process to do the interview themselves.
Talent acquisition asked standard questions but couldn’t tell me much about the specifics of the team or role. Would imagine that would have been more of a hiring manager task.
