Genentech Software Engineer interview experience

The way it was explained to me matched how a lot of their later-stage evaluation works: team interviews can come across as a committee process, and the goal is to get a broad sense of how I’d fit with the group.

I didn’t have to jump through strange hoops—just a sequence of conversations that increased my familiarity with the team. The impression I got was that the process was meant to validate both collaboration and day-to-day alignment.

There wasn’t an offer in the end, but the overall feel stayed positive and grounded. I left with a clearer picture of the team and what they cared about,