Illumina Software Engineer interview experience

I started with an initial recruiter screen and then moved into conversations with a team lead or hiring manager, and the later round was a video interview with a few people on the team. Across the calls, everyone came across as polite and supportive, and the recruiter kept me informed so I didn’t feel like I was walking in blind.

When the technical side showed up, it leaned toward fundamentals rather than deep, niche problem-solving. I remember being asked about design patterns and getting at least one algorithm-style question that included recursion. Other interviews I had in the flow also