Had a technical call with the hiring manager. The manager seemed a bit rushed for time. Typical questions about resume. The interview was completely one sided (I didn't even have time for questions).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the most technical project that you worked on.
Why are you looking for a new job?
What does work life balance mean to you?
The interview process was nice. I got to speak to several people who wanted to find the best position for my experience. Everyone I spoke to was very nice. It started with an interview with a recruiter and moved to people who were directly involved in the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce yourself and your background that relates to the position.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina in Jun 2024
Interview
The interview process was direct and well organized. Recruiter call + call with hiring manager and a selected few of team members + presentation + final whole day of interviews
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a live coding problem where they asked me to create a function that would reverse and reverse compliment a sequence. I had to optimize the code by thinking of an alternative method as well as a bonus point.
I applied online. I interviewed at Illumina (Singapore)
Interview
1 HR interview (phone call) + 1 hiring manager interview (onsite interview) + 1 San Diego Manager interview (video call)
Whole process took me about 2 months to complete and another 2 weeks to get back from HR on the interview results.