Mechanical Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Illumina with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Mechanical Engineer roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Illumina overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Illumina as a Mechanical Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Personality test: 25%
Background check: 25%
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Had 5 rounds of 45min each.
For the first round I was tasked to create a presentation reviewing a technical project I had previously worked on.
This was after initial screenings and chats with manager & HR rep.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a technical project you worked on. How did you get people involved, etc.
Several interviews (5 I believe), scheduled over a few days. Nice people and the process was pretty smooth. It was all done over zoom which can make things a little trickier.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2020
Interview
1on1 interviews with HR, Hiring manager, 4 IC engineers, and 1 director. Conversations were a blend of technical and personality. The engineers were all mechanical engineers and differed between fluids and mechanics as SMEs