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Engineer Interview Experience - United States

November 3, 2017
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

For the first round of interviews, they used a recorded video interview. Questions were displayed on screen and your answers were recorded via webcam. You were not able to watch or re-record your answers but you were not Skyping with someone.

Questions

Why do you want to work for Illumina? Why are you leaving your current position?

Describe a time you received an unreasonable request and how you dealt with that situation.

Describe a technical issue you had to resolve and how you troubleshooted this issue.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 17 interview experiences for the Illumina Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

24%
Pass Rate

Illumina's interview process for their Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive59%
Neutral24%
Negative18%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Illumina's Engineer interview process in United States.