I applied online and after 1 week I received an e-mail for a video interview. 10 days after completing the video interview I was called to participate in an interview with a panel of scientists.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(video interview)
- Tell us about yourself and why you are interested in this specific job
- Why Illumina?
- Describe SBS
- Describe a method that you would use to measure changes of gene expression
- Which do you think is the greatest innovation in the field of molecular biology in the last 20 years?
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.