Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Illumina (San Diego, CA) nel mese di apr 2021
Colloquio
The interview was for a Software Engineer position dealing with test automation. I have 2 years experience.
I had a negative experience interviewing with Illumina. I spoke with and exchanged emails with 2 recruiters/HR who were both super professional, friendly, and quick to get back to me. I had a quick phone interview with a manager who was also great, and it got me excited about the company.
It took about 2-3 weeks until they set scheduled my next interview. They scheduled a technical interview as well as an interview with the team's manager for the next day which I thought was odd.
The technical interview went very poorly, both my fault and the interviewers. One of the interviewers was brand new to the team (1 week) and was still learning. The more senior member seemed to not want to be doing the interview, and I could tell after a few questions they had basically stopped trying and were only killing time. It was honestly a bizarre experience that left me confused and frustrated. It was right after lunch and I think all 3 of us were just not fully in the right mindset for the situation.
Another thing I should mention is that the pay they were offering was significantly below the average, especially for SD.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
The questions they asked me in both interviews were entirely based on definitions/topics you learn in early CS classes, as well as leetcode questions. Nothing hands on or real-world.
Examples:
- What is overloading, what is a deadlock (first interview)
- Create a function the accepts an integer and returns an integer of the first integer's digits reverse, ex. 123 returns 321 (technical interview)
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Illumina (Singapore)
Colloquio
It starts with HR review, then a video interview. The video interview will start with questions about the resume. Then, they asked a question from Leetcode via Leetcode. It was a two-sum problem.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Solve a 2-sum problem. It is the typical 2-sum problem directly from Leetcode.
Easy process, very simple phone screen followed by a algo / data structures technical round. I would say to just focus on getting better at leetcode, and to not sweat it too much.
focus on technical, no much behavior question. need to match job description, whole day interview with 5/6 interview panel. lunch provided, and onsite interview. remote allowed but prefer to be onsite