I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Immunocore (Oxford, England) in Apr 2023
Interview
firstly, I had informal chat with team member and recruiter. They asked about my previous experiences and showed their interest in investing in my skills and scientific knowledge. Then, another interview with team leader.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about your previous experiences and skills
Extremely poor and unprofessional. Interviewers were unengaged, in fact were laughing while I was speaking. Weren’t able to answer my questions about the role or company culture. Seemed like the interview was a formality rather than to consider me as a candidate. Will not consider working here.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Immunocore in Nov 2022
Interview
Be warned, as with any large-ish company it will take a while for things to progress... Initially had a teams interview with the hiring manager, then had a presentation to a panel of people from both my team and other teams. The panel of people were all at group leader or associate group leader level so I did feel slightly intimidated, even though they were really nice. Didn't get to meet the rest of the team because they were all doing lab work. We had a good conversation going where a mixture of technical and behavioural questions were asked. Finally there was another bried interview with HR that talks about why you want to work at the company. I think the type of person they are looking for isn't necessarily clear from the job description, so this might be something you want to probe them about during the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you react to change? How would you improve on Project X if you could do it again?