Genentech·Research Scientist

Genentech Research Scientist interview experience

Got offer

Medium

Positive

United StatesPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After applying, I got a recruiter screening via Google Meet.

The recruiter started the call by walking through my background and then asked a handful of targeted questions that matched what I had listed on my resume.

A couple of weeks later, I interviewed again with a hiring manager, after getting an email asking me to pick a time. That conversation lasted about 30 minutes, and the interviewer felt friendly. The questions were the kind I expected based on my background, so it never felt like they were trying to trick me. Overall, this stage felt fairly straightforward, and I left with the sense that the process was mainly checking whether my

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