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      Product Engineering Interview

      26 Nov 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience

      Other Product Engineering interview reviews for Illumina

      Product Engineering Interview

      14 Dec 2014
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Diego, CA
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina in Nov 2016

      Interview

      Online video recording, asked 7 questions (with 3-5 minutes of preparation time in between). Received offer for a phone interview a week later. Questions ranged from typical behavioral questions to talking about the iAspire program and expanding upon high-stress situations that you have encountered.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What was one of your most significant achievements?
      Answer question
      1
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2014

      Interview

      Applied online -- heard back about 2-4 weeks later for a phone interview. Phone interview lasted 45 minutes and included both behavioral and technical questions. Most questions focused on basic statistics and knowledge of DNA. For example, they asked about what average (mean) was, what standard deviation was, what a student t-test was. Then came the 'explain these to a 5 year old' questions. I was not ready for that. Explaining the concept of a mathematical average to a 5 year old is quite difficult when that question is completely unexpected.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Explain what 'mean (average)' means to a 5 year old.
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      3