Gilead Sciences Research Scientist interview experience

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Foster City, CAPosted Feb 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After I applied and made it through HR, I had a recruiter phone call first, then a scientist phone interview where the questions were clearly meant to be tougher.

He asked hard-hitting things and seemed to be watching how I handled the pressure more than trying to catch me in technical gotchas. About a week later, my onsite followed.

The onsite was a full, structured day with a lot of people—roughly a dozen or more one-on-ones—plus a presentation and time with the hiring manager over lunch. The interview mix leaned on my background with technical science questions, but it also included behavioral prompts like how I would respond in specific situations. I remember leaving with the strong sense that they thought I fit, and the overall format felt

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