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      Scientist I Interview

      Dec 23, 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Diego, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Dec 2017

      Interview

      Video recording interview, then phone interview with Scientist 2. Four days later I've got on-site interview offer email (at 7 pm) asking to pick 2 or 3 days later. I picked interview date as two days later, then next day I've got an e-mail asking to prepare 20-30 min presentation for the interview. So I had just one day for presentation preparation. On-site interview itself was great. People and atmosphere were very nice. Then two days after interview, I received an e-mail from HR saying that they will move forward with 'strong internal candidate'. I assumed that they already have someone (internal employee) for this position and pretend to do official interview with me. I am pretty sure that I wasted my time and at least one day of working for this fake interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How do you trouble shoot?
      Answer question
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      Scientist Interview

      Jul 15, 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Bengaluru
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Illumina (Bengaluru)

      Interview

      In the technical round, I was asked to solve Java problems like star pattern printing, string manipulation, and logic-based tasks like checking even/odd numbers and parsing strings. One question was about accessing specific characters from the end of a string.

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      Question 1

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      Scientist Interview

      Dec 9, 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Diego, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA)

      Interview

      pre-recorded video interview. very complicated and nerve-racking. not good for those who are introverts and nervous in front of camera. I wish they had more guidelines or more practice opportunities.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How did I deal with trouble-shooting or mistakes I made.
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      Scientist Interview

      Aug 19, 2024
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Illumina

      Interview

      3 panel separate interview sessions. Each round included following interview 1- Co-workers (2 from each team) 2- Team lead , Scientist 3- Director is 3 panel separate interview sessions. Each round included following interview 1- Co-workers (2 from each team) 2- Team lead , Scientist 3- Director

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