first round a video interview, there are five pre-set questions you need to answer, some are behavior questions, some are job related specific questions; Second round on site interview. I met HR, hiring managers, partner department managers, coworkers.
I applied online. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Apr 2021
Interview
The process starts by using the Illumina Workday ATS to submit your application and resume. About 1-2 weeks later, an email and interview with recruiter occurs. If selected to continue, an interview with hiring manager occurs 1-2 weeks after.
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Question 1
Questions were closely aligned to the job description posted. Essentially, if it was in the job description, it was asked. Ex: In job description: Must have previous experience in financial modeling. In interview with the hiring manager: describe your experiences in financial modeling.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Mar 2021
Interview
Disorganized process.
First step is the hire vue interview recordings. After a month of ghosting, I get a follow up call that they would like to move forward and schedule a call with the hiring manager. After the hiring manager, the recruiter chats thru the logistics with you. Salary offered was on the lower end. Last step was with 3 people from the team.
After another month of ghosting, they got back to me with a rejection.
Recruiter could have done a better job at communicating.
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Question 1
Why Illumina? What are some relevant skills? Explain like I’m 5 these concepts
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Illumina in Apr 2019
Interview
Highly impersonal, automated process that shows just how arrogant the company is. They make you do a pointless video interview to determine whether you are worthy of coming on-site to beg them to work there. Of course, they are so smart that they can't tell from a resume who to bring in so they have to force you to waste time due to their incompetencies. Message to the geniuses in recruiting: get rid of the stupid video interview and determine who to bring in from looking at the resume. Candidates are much smarter than your interview process suggests they are. Candidates like talking to people, not themselves/computers and just because some don't have the guts to say it b/c they want a job doesn't mean they agree. My advice is to not even waste your time applying to a company that doesn't understand basic human behavior.
