I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in May 2015
Interview
Several hours, met with 5 members of team I would have joined. Not too intense, each member had their own personality and technical questions to ask. Met with leader of the specific group, 2 upper-level members and 2 lower-level members, all were friendly. Took 2 weeks longer than initially told for a decision to be reached, which was inconvenient.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General logic questions, mostly. A few specific material science questions.
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.
