The interview process was pretty easy and straightforward. I had applied online via Genentech’s career portal and got an email a couple weeks later to schedule a phone interview. The phone interview was about 30 minutes long and to my surprise, very easy and laid back. The interviewer was very nice and the dialogue was casual. It essentially became an informational interview where I got the chance to learn more about the company, position and the summer project that the position was for. It was a good mix of behavioral and easy technical questions. These technical questions were more about my experience with various technologies (listed within the job description) rather than the typical CS trivia. A couple of days later, I had gotten an email from the HR with the offer. I would suggest studying the job description, reviewing your experience with the listed requirement, and especially looking up the interviewer on LinkedIn if you can. That helped me form the “right” relevant questions to guide the conversation to both express my interests and learn more about the project.

I had a phone interview with HR. Then another phone interview with the hiring manager that lasted around 30 minutes. I then had a panel interview with the entire team, 3 separate interviews with 2 interviewers at once that was a full day onsite interview