I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Genentech (South San Francisco, CA)
Interview
There was an initial phone interview with HR, then another phone interview with the hiring manager, then an in-person interview lasting 1 day. The in-person interview consisted of 30 minute long interviews with the hiring manager and other individuals within the department, both other SRAs and Senior Scientists. There was also a requirement to give a presentation on recent scientific work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you sure that you are committed to doing bench research long-term?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Genentech in Jun 2021
Interview
Had a really great impression of the company. Gave a short interview of my work to the hiring manager via Zoom and had a chance to ask questions afterwards. Unfortunately didn’t get an offer in the end.
Phone interview with hiring manager was followed by in Person day long on site Interview with 30 minute individual 1:1 meetings, 1 hour seminar on your work and lunch with peers
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Genentech
Interview
Straight forward interview for R & D. You need to be able to justify what you write down on your resume, especially the technical, scientific and trouble - shooting parts. If you have publications, you need to be able to describe what you did, its findings, etc.
