Solicité el puesto a través de la recomendación de un empleado. El proceso duró 2 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en Benchling (Zúrich) en abr 2020
Entrevista
Unnecessarily extremely long: 8 meetings around scientific and technical presentations and 1:1 interviews. For all scientific and technical presentations, I was (badly) evaluated by peers less experience than I was (2 years as Implementation Manager, and the interviewers were for 8-12 months in their role according to themselves ). For the 1:1 interviews with directors and leads, I had a very good time. In the end, the technical part played a major role in their decision to not extend the offer to me.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
HR: all the classical questions Technical: 1 presentation on CAR-T cells technology, 1 presentation on one cloud SaaS platform of my choice. Upper management: vision, how I see myself in my role, how complex were the studies that I implemented
Multi-stage process involving preparing and delivering a presentation on a set topic, and unseen technical work performed live in a zoom call. Calls with other implementation managers, HR, hiring manager and head of professional services
Solicité el puesto a través de una agencia de empleo. El proceso duró 6 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Benchling (Londres, Inglaterra) en ago 2021
Entrevista
Headhunted by an external recruiter then had four interviews directly with Benchlings, two with internal recruiters and two with hiring managers all lasting approx. 30 mines. The interviews were general chats going through and asking technical questions and why you would fit into the company.
The feedback I got from the recruiter was i) They had a large pool of candidates ii) I didn’t show enough reasoning for making this career move. I read all the reviews on glassdoor, watched their presentations on YouTube, download the software, read all the blurb of expected IPO, and demonstrated that in the four interviews. This was contradictory to the feedback they gave the recruiter.
If someone has made an effort to attend four interviews, at least have the respect of giving credible feedback. It bring doubts to mind about the whole process, bearing in mind that the this was a headhunted application on my behalf.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
General questions about talkking through cv and what you would bring to the company, nothing they asked me was out of the blue.
Solicité el puesto a través de una agencia de empleo. El proceso duró 8 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Benchling
Entrevista
First a telephone interview, then a presentation on a scientific topic, then in the final round a software demo, a case study, and two fit interviews. Company with a great product, but a very one-sided interview process requiring weeks of intensive preparation from the candidate, and practically no opportunities for the candidate to ask questions or obtain any feedback. No offer was made after final round due to insufficient experience - which was already a known fact at beginning of process. Currently seems like a young and still somewhat arrogant company that still needs to find its way to more positive and reasonable HR processes.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Presentation on CAR T cells
Software demo on any software of choice
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