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      Senior Product Engineer Interview

      4 Aug 2012
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Illumina

      Interview

      HR rep called shortly after submission of online application to schedule interview with hiring manager. Phone interview lasted about 60min. Started with general CV questions, then he asked a series of technical questions: define statistics terms, describe the structure of DNA, discuss ANOVA, describe how to alter computer code to improve efficiency.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Hypothesize what might be causing an image to appear unfocused and propose methods to correct the problem. It was unexpected because the content did not seem to relate to the job function.
      1 Answer

      Other Senior Product Engineer interview reviews for Illumina

      Senior Product Engineer Interview

      21 May 2013
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Illumina

      Interview

      2 weeks after I submitted the resume on line they called me and appointed the date for a phone interview. the interview lasted for 1 hour with HM. lots of Many statistic and math questions. Not easy. One should be well prepared before it . Better to prepare the detailed questions in resume.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How to fix a unfocus image?
      Answer question

      Senior Product Engineer Interview

      14 Sept 2010
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Diego, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Aug 2010

      Interview

      Called by HR recruiter about two weeks after applying through their career site for the position. No behavioral interview with HR, straight away to scheduling a technical 30 minute phone interview the following week with the engineering manager. Interview consisted of technical questions and a few behavioral questions from the get go, however technical questions were unrelated to job description.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Please describe the DNA structure to a person who has no experience with science.
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      How would you go about fixing an image that is half focused in light microscopy?
      1 Answer
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