I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2015
Interview
Be prepared, master your understanding of algorithms and statistics. Everyone is smart so you either know what you are talking about or you can leave. Also show a healthy does of interest in their technologies, read the papers, and have an idea waht are current problems in deep sequencing, variant calling, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All sorts of questions about Binary search trees, Dynamic programming, Machine Learning and Probabilistic Modelling approaches ( explain MCMC, EM, etc.)
1, I got contacted by recruiter and then submitted application online. 2, About one week after application, I was assigned a time slot and had a phone interview with hiring manager. 3, Received rejection letter 3 weeks later
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
a few concepts about OOP in C++; discuss a puzzle with HM;
The people in the company are very friendly and very professional. The company is one of the biggest NGS machine and kits providers in the world. It could be amazing to be in this kind of place.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina in Aug 2020
Interview
I applied online. I had video interview (HireVue) in August 2020. The process took 3+ week.
There were 2 behavioral questions, 3 technical questions and one coding question.
I didn't answer 3 technical questions very well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about statistics, data structure and algorithm.
