I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Illumina
Interview
I was referred to the position. It took a long while to schedule the on-site, HR department was very slow. On-site consists of a presentation that you do in front of the whole team talking about your previous experience. Some extra work required from your side, but it is actually a good way to talk about it just once, not with every interviewer. The rest of the day is two-on-one interviews. Lunch was more like an interview actually, I didn't have much time to eat. After the on-site interview you may expect a short home work that takes 4-6 hours to complete.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
External sorting, parentheses correctness, Java-specific questions and general CS questions. Nothing hard or domain-specific (at least in my case)
I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Nov 2018
Interview
I applied online (for 6 other intern positions there as well), and got a video interview (for this position only) about a month. The interview questions were fair but very brief. Got a rejection email a couple weeks later. That was the only communication.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What was a time that you were faced with a technical challenge that you were not prepared for, and what did you learn from the experience?
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Illumina (Singapore)
Interview
I was applying through a recruiter for this role. First round is so called digital interview, have to sit in front a camera to answer few questions. I didn't do it quite well, as it's a bit awkward. Second round is onsite technical interview with senior developer and staff developer. They asked some questions about multithreading, design patterns etc. Questions are not very difficult and they are quite happy with my answers and experience. Third round interview is with a manager. He asked about my general background and explained about the company and this role. He seemed to have some concerns about my Science degree, as he was more looking for CS or engineering degree with more hardware experience and he also asked my GPA. Besides, he said my years of experience was not enough, as I have 4 years experience and this role requires 5 years. So I'm still waiting for their response. Guess it will be a reject.