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      Software Engineer Interview

      2 Oct 2020
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Vancouver, BC

      Other Software Engineer interview reviews for AbCellera

      Software Engineer Interview

      15 Aug 2023
      Anonymous employee
      Vancouver, BC
      Accepted offer
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at AbCellera (Vancouver, BC) in Mar 2020

      Interview

      The first stage was a 30 minute interview to chat about past experiences and to get to know you. We chatted about my projects and they were very nice. I did not make it past the first stage, so I can't comment on the further stages.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would you go about solving a specific experiment?
      Answer question
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at AbCellera (Vancouver, BC)

      Interview

      Technical interview and 3 rounds of call / meeting team members over the span of a week. Overall very profesionnal, human and engaging conversations. I would rate the interview process as lengthy but enjoyable!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why are you applying to join our company?
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      Software Engineer Interview

      17 May 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Vancouver, BC
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at AbCellera (Vancouver, BC) in Mar 2021

      Interview

      AbCellera’s interview process is a two month long time wasting exercise. The first interview is brief asking you if you are interested in working for the company and so on; second is a technical interview; the third interview is the standard “fit interview” format. The technical interview is a lot of Q&A with few coding questions rushed at the end. The 3-4 questions are scribbled in a word document through screen sharing and overall the interview fails to cover the requested skills in the job application that you took the time to prepare to answer. The fit interview is overly long with the hiring manager and COO and unsophisticated in nature asking all the usual questions such as what are you weaknesses, etc. If you don’t get the job, it is their company policy not to provide ANY feedback. Neither you nor the outside recruiter have any clue how you came up short leaving you wondering how you could improve ahead of your next interview or even to improve yourself in order to apply to AbCellera in future. AbCellera is clearly a young inexperienced company riding high on their recent IPO. They have a long way to go to treat candidates professionally and to be considered a top company in future.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Have you ever had a conflict with another employee?
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