Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Calico Life Sciences as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Scientist and Research Associate rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Scientist and Research Associate roles were rated as the easiest.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Calico Life Sciences
Interview
Phone interview with recruiter, then hiring manager interview. I received an automatic rejection email the next day. I didn't get to the in person visit. I would have liked to receive feedback and a real rejection email.
I applied online. I interviewed at Calico Life Sciences (South San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Applied online and contacted by the recruiter. Interview process included first phone screen with the recruiter followed by the zoom interview with the hiring manager and lastly an onsite full day interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General technical background questions regarding prior experience
I applied online. I interviewed at Calico Life Sciences in Nov 2024
Interview
I got an email to schedule a phone screen 2 weeks after I applied online. The recruiter was very pleasant to talk to. A week after I got an email to schedule a Google Meet call with the hiring manager. I got the rejection a week after.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe an issue you ran into with the instrument and how you troubleshooted it.