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Product Engineer Interview Experience

July 19, 2012
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Got a call from HR for a phone interview opportunity. Scheduled for about a week later.

A hiring manager called and asked some questions about previous experiences listed on the resume. Then began asking odd/basic level questions most likely to determine a fundamental understanding of the qualifications listed on resume; these questions were not very indicative of technical ability though and were very obviously picked or prepared from a list by HR.

Questions

How would you explain what an average is to a 5 year old without using mathematical terminology?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Illumina Product Engineer role.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Illumina's interview process for their Product Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive25%
Neutral75%
Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Illumina's Product Engineer interview process.