I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Roche (Basel) in Mar 2016
Interview
A first call interview of 30 minutes about my technical skills followed by an on-site interview of half a day. It included a lunch meeting with the team, meeting with different people from the department, meeting with the RH and I gave a 30 minutes presentation about my PhD research.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
At equal technical skills, why should we hire you instead of somebody else?
When you have a technical problem, how do you start?
If you were hired, what do you want to do in our company?
How do you react if you have to change direction?
How do you convince people, who disagree with you?
Did you already teach people?
I had a first screening interview right after I applied online. The interview was quite difficult with specific questions related to the position. The interview was 2 month ago and I haven't heard back since and haven't even received an automated rejection email either.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions specific to the field that I applied to, generic questions about availability and salary expectation
I applied online. I interviewed at Roche (Pleasanton, CA) in Dec 2025
Interview
Recruiter screen with technical validation , role alignment.
Hiring manager technical interview.
Panel interview with presentation, and all cross functions present. All stages were remote. Good mix of technical discussion, history of teams, management.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you navigate scientific disagreement with coworker?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Roche in Mar 2025
Interview
Applied via LinkedIn and heard back from HR after 2 weeks. Scheduled first virtual call with hiring manager after a week. Followed up with both HR and hiring manager after another week. Never heard back from HR for next step. It feels like they already have an internal candidate since the hiring manager wasn't even trying to make the first call as interview, more of casual chatting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Only initial intro calls with both HR and hiring manager.
