Gilead Sciences Research Scientist interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

Foster City, CAPosted Aug 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a phone call with HR, and then I was invited straight to a site interview.

What surprised me was that there wasn’t much of any scientific discussion before the onsite—I basically went into the site day without a technical run-up.

Once I arrived, it was a long day with around a dozen one-on-one interviews plus a presentation. The overall tone felt professional and normal, but one interview—actually it stood out the most—was with a particularly intense and “jokey” scientist who came off like he was trying to show off. The questions he asked felt almost pulled from basic organic chemistry, and I felt more like he was trying to demonstrate his own knowledge than assess

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