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Updated Feb 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Safety Scientist at Genentech
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in South San Francisco, CA (took 2+ months)
I was contacted by email from their HR department, exchanged several emails, spoke with the HR person on the phone, then spoke with hiring manager on the phone for 45mins. They said they would contact me to set up an on site interview, then I heard nothing for three weeks (granted this was over Christmas). First day onsite was entirely touring and looking at real estate. Second day was 8 one hour interviews with various departments. Each had been given a specific question to ask me from a standardized interview tool that they were using (did not see the name). Had lunch at the facility cafeteria with hiring manager and one other. Range of personalities as expected, some serious bordering on stern, others more casual. HR representative arrived 12min late and offered no excuse or apology. One person arrived munching cold pizza from break room and openly disparaged recent merger with Roche. All asked reasonable questions and treated me with respect. Told me they would be in touch and three weeks later told me by phone they had given position to someone with more experience, even though I was very open from the beginning about my experience level.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Summer Intern at Genentech
Posted Feb 3, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in South San Francisco, CA (took 3 weeks)
Conducted two phone interviews. The first was with a Research Associate in the department I would be working in, who would later become my immediate supervisor. Questions were behavioral-based (STAR format). The second interview took place a couple weeks later with the scientist my supervisor worked under. Questions were much more technical (define this concept, tell me how you would test this, etc.) and directly applied to the scientific disciple I have been studying.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Genentech
Posted Jan 29, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took 3 months)
Applied online, received email from hiring manager and scheduled for a phone interview. Was invited for onsite interview a couple weeks later. Onsite consisted of a presentation, about 10 1:1 interviews with people in the department, lunch and dinner. All very smart people, interesting conversations.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Background Check.
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U S Biologics Technical Development Intern at Genentech
Posted Jan 18, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took a day)
Included a mix of basic questions (Why do you want to work for us?), some behavioral questions (Name a time when you had to make an important decision by evaluating several different options.), and technical questions (Chromatography techniques).
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Internship at Genentech
Posted Jan 16, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Vacaville, CA (took 1 week)
I wanted to do my bio major internship here and get my foot in the door and applied for a filter analyst assistant position which was the only internship they had, but they turned me down because my major was not suited for the position.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Background Check.
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Research Associate at Genentech
Posted Dec 17, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took a day)
INTENSE.
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Reason for Declining
Pay was very low for the cost of living in SF.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Background Check.
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Engineer II at Genentech
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in South San Francisco, CA (took a day)
Hiring manager calls directly without HR
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Project Manager at Genentech
Posted Dec 12, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in South San Francisco, CA (took 7 weeks)
2 phone screens (hiring manager + HR), in-person interviews with 8 people and a phone interview with 1 more person. Long day, be mentally prepared and even if you have no more questions, recycle them for person number 9.
They give a lot of complex information on their structure and expect questions about the organization and how you fit in alnd what will be difficult for you in the position.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Manager at Genentech
Posted Nov 28, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in South San Francisco, CA (took a day)
everything from your initial communications with the company, organization and planning of the interview, number and type of interviews, and any advice you might offer to other interview candidates. Bonus points for your perceptions of the people, office, and work culture.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Manufacturing Technician at Genentech
Posted Nov 13, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in South San Francisco, CA (took 2 days)
The entire interview process was fairly difficult. It consisted of a phone interview which was comprised of basic science questions and an in-person interview which consisted of more basic interview questions. The person that interviewed with me was very friendly and the facility was beautiful.
My only complaint is that I received absolutely no feedback about the interview after I found out that I wasn't offered the position. After having a good interview, it can be a disheartening to hear that they "have no specific reason for the decision." It would be nice if they were a little more helpful in that regard.
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