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      Senior Research Associate Interview

      Jun 20, 2016
      Anonymous employee
      South San Francisco, CA

      Other Senior Research Associate interview reviews for Genentech

      Senior Research Associate Interview

      Aug 26, 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Genentech (South San Francisco, CA)

      Interview

      Got called by the hiring manager to explain the nature of the work and to make sure I understand the nature of this non managerial, wet-lab work ( I have 3yr postdoc experience). HR called another day and asked about current salary, rent (so they could work on housing compensation), and possible relocation ( turned out they covered everything for my move--a big and long move) 1 full day Interview on site: I did a 1hour presentation of my projects during postdoc. HM and others asked relevant, extensive and detailed questions--they wanted to know both the techniques and the rationale of the projects. They were also true scientists that thought deeply and really got excited about any new findings. I talked to ~15 people from SSR to director. Everyone was quite friendly, honest and did their best to wear in my shoes. questions and discussions covered science and life in SF.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      Your mostly used techniques
      Answer question

      Question 2

      What's the purpose of an experiment and is there an alternative?
      Answer question

      Question 3

      How to design an assay to answer a certain question?
      Answer question
      7

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Genentech in Jun 2021

      Interview

      Had a really great impression of the company. Gave a short interview of my work to the hiring manager via Zoom and had a chance to ask questions afterwards. Unfortunately didn’t get an offer in the end.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about your background
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      Senior Research Associate Interview

      Jun 4, 2019
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience

      Application

      I interviewed at Genentech

      Interview

      Phone interview with hiring manager was followed by in Person day long on site Interview with 30 minute individual 1:1 meetings, 1 hour seminar on your work and lunch with peers

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What are you future career goals?
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      Senior Research Associate Interview

      Oct 24, 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Genentech

      Interview

      Straight forward interview for R & D. You need to be able to justify what you write down on your resume, especially the technical, scientific and trouble - shooting parts. If you have publications, you need to be able to describe what you did, its findings, etc.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How do you do (technical skill)? What buffers?
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