it wasn't difficult but the talent acquisition person was quite all over the place. he was venting about the hiring team not being patient with a new hire but the two biggest issues were pressuring me to try to fit in Gilead interviews in the next two days when my schedule is usually pretty full a month out so next two days has never been an ask by any company. also he sent me multiple emails getting me to reply to an email from earlier in the day

First screening took place 6 months after initial application and only really got picked up after someone submitted it internally rather than online process. After that it was more straightforward with first conversation with internal recruiter, screening hiring manager, than a series of interviews with his peers (2-3 candidates). Was told that process and organisation in general work in a consensus building, so a large number of people need to agree on best candidate / course of action, and they pride themselves on being very thorough on their selection process.