Engineering applicants have rated the interview process at Vertex Pharmaceuticals with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineering roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Vertex Pharmaceuticals overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Vertex Pharmaceuticals as a Engineering according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 67%
One on one interview: 33%
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Phone interview conducted very professionally. Mainly asked about contents of resume and how I would transfer knowledge to the job site. Spoke to two sperate engineers over the phone call.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Boston, MA) in Mar 2012
Interview
First one was a 30 minutes Telephone interview with HR and few days later a Technical Interview ( over Telephone ) and the next one was a series of interviews (In person 1on1 interviews with 8 people) over a day at their Boston Office facility
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what kind of a boss you like ? i.e a boss who sits on your back and micro manages OR a boss who gives you the task and expects you do your job?