I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cogent Biosciences (Denver, CO) in Mar 2026
Interview
I enjoyed learning about the role, but I felt the interview remained at a very surface level, which made it difficult to establish a real connection. The process felt like a mere formality.
It felt like the interviewer was going through the motions and it was a "check-the-box" exercise.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cogent Biosciences
Interview
Many steps over time, fairly typical for a smaller company. Company growing and perhaps not everyone is on the same page with what is needed to hire. Highly recommend you do more to get on the same page as you bring people through the interview process. Bringing a candidate through to the last (3-4th) round, having candidate interview with CEO, should mean you are highly interested in giving an offer to the candidate. If someone is “overqualified”, you probably know that many rounds before and should not put a professional at a high level through this rigor without anything at the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No one ever asked if the leveling of the position wasn’t acceptable