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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California

May 5, 2016
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Process

Was sent a form from a recruiter to fill out asking about salary, location, how I found Illumina, general questions. About a week later, I got an email back saying they would like to move forward with me to a phone screen.

I had about a 45 minute conversation with two senior software engineers, covering a bit about my background and usual Java questions. I was then invited for an on-site.

The on-site consisted of 3 (maybe 4, can't quite remember) panel interviews and a coding challenge where I wrote some code with half completed projects. I had about an hour to write about 5 programming questions without use of the internet. Everyone I met was extremely nice and had a pleasant experience.

Questions

Nothing was out of the ordinary, and there were pretty standard Java questions alongside the coding challenge.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the Illumina Software Engineer role in San Diego, California.

Success Rate

30%
Pass Rate

Illumina's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Diego, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive40%
Neutral50%
Negative10%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Illumina's Software Engineer interview process in San Diego, California.