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Updated May 18, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Quality Control at Genentech
Posted Jul 13, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 (took a day)
I received an email, inviting me in for a in-person interview with two days notice. The panel interview consisted of five individual 1:1 interviews with three supervisors and two associates from the department. I met the first interviewer at the lobby of one building and she brought me up to a conference room in another building. The other four interviewers came and went from the conference room, and I just stayed in there. The interviewers were very friendly and the work environment is very casual. My interview lasted a total of 3 hours. They asked questions about my past work experience and several behavioral questions.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing at Genentech
Posted Jul 11, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in South San Francisco, CA (took a day)
Thorough phone interview by highly competent manager. Result is follow-up interview with extended team on site. I was impressed at how much they invest in the hiring process. They seem to believe that hiring decisions are the most important decisions at the company. I'm looking foward to the on site interviews.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Genentech
Posted Jun 29, 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 Jan 2010 in South San Francisco, CA (took a day)
Great group of people at Genentech. Had interview. Consisted of meeting with a number of different departmental scientists who were all very smart. Seemed to me they had a specific person in mind from the beginning.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Project Coordinator at Genentech
Posted Jun 7, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in South San Francisco, CA (took 2 weeks)
I got my interview with Genentech through a recruiter. Organization of the interview was handled by my recruiter. The interview was on the Genentech campus, and took about two hours. The first hour was an interview with my would-be supervisor and his colleague. They asked me questions from what seemed to be a list of predetermined interview questions. I was asked to describe situations from my previous experience that would fit into different job situations. I was asked some open-ended questions about jobs I had held in the past as well. In the second hour, I was interviewed by two others from the department. Their questions were similar to those I had been asked in the first hour. My feeling on the situation was that the two sets of two interviewers was a way to get different perspectives on my personality and experience related to the job. I didn't feel like I was being grilled at any time. It was a fairly comfortable experience. I think I received an offer for the job about a week after the interview.
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Negotiation Details
I did not try to negotiate the salary because the offer ended up being higher than the expected range my recruiter had provided me. As a contractor, benefits were not available through Genentech, so there was no negotiation there either.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Sales Representative at Genentech
Posted May 21, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took a day)
Learned of opening from existing rep. Applied online and asked existing rep to forward my resume to hiring manager. Manager called me for interview within a week's time. Interview lasted 1.5 hours, asked very few questions, was more interested in telling me about his career path. The interivew seemed very preliminary, but maybe that's because he was already set on an inexperienced candidate although he told me he wanted someone with experience! When I handed him my business plan for the territory, he said, "what's this?"! It took 3 weeks to hear back from him, and then it was via an email with typos!
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Research Associate at Genentech
Posted Apr 1, 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 Mar 2011 (took 5 days)
I have had 6 interviews with this company at this point, during which time I "hopped" from lab to lab to determine whether each individual lab felt I was the best "fit" for them. The interviews ranged from extremely easy to quite hard, with many detailed questions being asked. My advice is to do some research ahead of time on the specific aspects of the position and related subject matter, and then insert your knowledge into the general discussion, feeling free to discuss scientific matters at length (beware of going too off-topic).
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Bioprocess Manufacturing Tech at Genentech
Posted Mar 25, 2011
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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 Jan 2011 in Vacaville, CA (took a day)
People were really friendly and made me feel comfortable. Some questions were challenging but over all it was a positive experience.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Clinical Trial Associate at Genentech
Posted Mar 17, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in South San Francisco, CA (took a day)
I was submitted for this position by a recruiter, who, after a few weeks, informed me that Genenetech wanted to schedule a phone screen, so I underwent a 30 minute phone screen with a Clinical Trial Manager. The following day, based on the phone screen, the recruiter told me that Genentech wanted to schedule an in-person interview. This interview consisted of a 30 minute 1:1 interview with another Clinical Trial Manager and a 45 minute panel interview with 1 Clinical Trial Manager and 2 Clinical Trial Associates. The 1:1 phone and in-person interviewers were very friendly. The panel seemed distant at first, but warmed up and became more engaged as the interview progressed. Every single question presented to me during the phone and in-person interviews was behavioral, e.g. "describe a time when you had a conflict with a colleague and the specific steps you took to resolve it".
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Reason for Declining
After one month had passed since my in-person interview with no feedback, I asked the recruiter for a status update. He replied that I was still in consideration, but because I'd received a competitive offer at another company, I ended up withdrawing my candidacy.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Genentech
Posted Mar 5, 2011
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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 Dec 2010 (took a day)
Average interview. Was expecting another round of interviews but they gave me the offer with just one full day interview. Met with an HR rep and 4 people in the department. Hiring process took longer than I expected - I thought I didn't get the job after not hearing from them for a few weeks. It turns out the HR person was just bad (told me she would get back to me within a week of the first interview and i did not hear from anyone until the hiring manager called me to offer me the job, i also had to give her my new address several times and it took her three weeks to take care of my background check).
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Associate Scientist at Genentech
Posted Feb 19, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in South San Francisco, CA (took 4 months)
Had several contact with Genentech personnel prior to invitation for interview. the interview (3 total) consisted on several one on one interviews, pannel discussion interviews, presentation, and a group lunch and dinner interview. Overall most of the conversations kept to science and background questions. But also has significant number of questions on why Genentech and what my motivation for science/research is. They value them selves as a Acedemic based organization and ask a lot of questions on why you would be a good fit there.
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Negotiation Details
Relocation, Salary, temporary housing, and home assistance.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Background Check.
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