I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Genentech (South San Francisco, CA) in May 2015
Interview
Recommended to apply for this position. Had a phone interview for 30 min, and two weeks later had an informal interview with scientific manager. We talked for an hour, very comfortable, discussed my skill set and what I could bring to the position. Heard back by email two weeks later.
Very nice interactions, would have liked to progress further. Genentech seems like a it is a very hardworking, fun and cutting edge environment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Why go into industry rather than academia?
Q: Why Genentech?
Q: What kind of managerial styles have you worked with?
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.
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
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.