I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2012
Interview
Submitted resume. Quick response: phone screen with HR. Then quick phone interview with hiring manager. It lasted about an hour. It felt as the manager had other appointments and we didn't have much time to discuss things, but he said we could speak more during an on-site interview. Within a week I was traveling for a full day of interviews at the site. I interviewed with 4 other engineers, the HR guy, the hiring manager, and the director. I got feedback on the interview within a few days.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
None were really difficult - all in line with plastics manufacturing for volume products. Probably the most difficult was to describe a DOE that I've done previously. I have not done very complicated DOE before - just simple ones. Interviews were professional and the questions were reasonable. I thought I did very well in the interview and handled all questions well - getting rejected was a surprise.
Describe selection of plastics. Describe # of cavities for molds you've used. Describe SPC for manufacturing. Describe engineering development: who designs, who analyzes, who tests, who handles manufacturing, and where did you contribute?
The process was a video interview in which the question appears on the screen and you have a displayed amount of time to answer the questions. You have the ability to rerecord once per question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a difficult situation you have been in and how did you get through it with success?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina in Jul 2016
Interview
Telephone screening which was held for 30 mins with the Hiring Manager.
1. Why Illumina?
2. What is mean, median, mode, sd?
3. How will you explain std dev to 5 year old?
4. What is DNA made of and its structure?
5. Which bonds are present in DNA?
6. How can we break the bond?
7. Why industry as opposed to academia?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Why Illumina?
2. What is mean, median, mode, sd?
3. How will you explain std dev to 5 year old?
4. What is DNA made of and its structure?
5. Which bonds are present in DNA?
6. How can we break the bond?
7. Why industry as opposed to academia?
