Genentech·Research Scientist

Genentech Research Scientist interview experience

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United StatesPosted Nov 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My journey started with a direct reach-out from the hiring manager for an initial chat about the position.

If it went well, the next step was a formal interview scheduled a few weeks later.

The big interview day followed a pretty consistent structure: a job talk/seminar, then a series of one-on-ones that ran across multiple days’ worth of time, mixing perspectives from different levels in the company. By the time I got to the presentation, I was speaking for about an hour and fielding questions from the group/division, and then I continued through multiple 30-minute conversations. There was also a sense of pacing throughout the day—1:1 meetings in between, and later wrap-up discussion with the

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