I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Genentech (South San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2010
Interview
I got my interview with Genentech through a recruiter. Organization of the interview was handled by my recruiter. The interview was on the Genentech campus, and took about two hours. The first hour was an interview with my would-be supervisor and his colleague. They asked me questions from what seemed to be a list of predetermined interview questions. I was asked to describe situations from my previous experience that would fit into different job situations. I was asked some open-ended questions about jobs I had held in the past as well. In the second hour, I was interviewed by two others from the department. Their questions were similar to those I had been asked in the first hour. My feeling on the situation was that the two sets of two interviewers was a way to get different perspectives on my personality and experience related to the job. I didn't feel like I was being grilled at any time. It was a fairly comfortable experience. I think I received an offer for the job about a week after the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when it would have been easier to turn a blind eye to a bad situation, but instead chose to take action.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Genentech (South San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2022
Interview
1 virtual interview and 2 virtual meet and greets. The first interview was with 5 people talking to me. They were really nice. Easy to talk too. The interviewers were straight forward. What they say to you in the interview is what you’ll see on the job as well
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Genentech (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2021
Interview
Got several calls to set day and time. Interviewed by six members of the team. The interviewers seemed interested on my profile. Managers where attentive to my answers. In general, I had a good experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What we should hire you? Why are you interested in this department?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Genentech (South San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Each individual interview was 30 minutes with each member of the department - 9 people including director. This was a two day process. Each person was able to have a copy of my resume available and ask about my current position and why I wanted to work at Genentech. They also wanted to make sure I would fit with the team as it was a "tight nit-quirky group".
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Portfolio questions are asked as well as culture questions.