I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Abcam (Cambridge, England) in Feb 2016
Interview
Very friendly interview process. A brief description of the role, went through the CV and answer questions relating to past experience matchIng the requirement of the role. After the interview, a guided tour around the facility and a chance meet other employees.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Abcam (Amsterdam) in Aug 2022
Interview
I had an interview with them in August 2022. First one was basic and simple with two employees based on questionnaire. The second interview was based on a take home assignment and a long one hour discussion. Both were online. There were very little questions related to the assignment and I had an impression that they haven't even reviewed it. After almost an hour of interrogation on statistics they promised to get back to me, but they never did. I was ignored and never get any official rejection, nor I got any feedback on the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What is the regularization in Machine Learning and why do we need it? 2. What are the differences and similarities between Random Forest and XGBoost?
quick logic test followed by a business case related to Abcam. The test is then presented in front of the manager. The final interview can be really long and include many technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did you do that task.
Which approach did you use,