Illumina·Software Engineer

Illumina Software Engineer interview experience

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San Diego, CAPosted Feb 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After an initial phone conversation focused on my experience and why I wanted the role, I moved into an HR screen.

That HR call covered the usual topics—salary expectations and motivation for working at the company—then I progressed into a multi-person panel of technical interviews.

The panel ended up being a long stretch: I interviewed with roughly eight people across a half-day period, with each interviewer coming from a different technical specialty. Every person asked technical questions, and the overall style felt very “systems-thinking” rather than straightforward trivia. Some prompts were framed in a way that pushed me to explain how I was thinking, and I had to be creative in my answers so they

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