I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Roche (Basilea) in Jul 2016
Interview
The interview process was fantastic.
Roche is extremely professional, clear, timely and candid.
The official interview process started with a recruiter getting in touch with me on email.
I then had my first interview with the recruiter on Skype, followed by 3 more interviews (Skype) with the hiring manager, predecesor in the role, and a stakeholder that the incumbent to the role would be working with.
Finally, the company flew me down to the Basel Headquarters for an assessment centre, in which I was asked to prepare a presentation (the question prompt was sent to me before-hand).
The assessment centre consisted of:
1. 2:1 interview (Senior business and HR leader)
2. Presentation (to a panel)
3. Business Case Study (relevant to the role) and subsequent presentation (to a panel)
They also called me and gave me very precise feedback about my performance in each of these stages - also with things that I could improve. They have been open, transparent and very fair in our conversations, going out of their way to outline potential areas of frustration that I could have with the role before hand.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Outline some of the challenges and lessons learnt from rolling out programs in your previous role.
You can expect many behavioral and situational questions, and specific questions about your job history.
Ghosted after the final round - no response even after following up multiple times. Especially since I made it out to their office which is 2 hours away from where I live. Not good.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Roche
Interview
Long, slow, not very descriptive of the real tasks. The actual job was very different with no credit for keeping the team happy and growing professionally. They just wanted google sheets to be filled and focused performance reviews on this
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Roche (Mumbai)
Interview
It was a horrible experience. If the leaders of an organisation are so self consumed, good luck with the future of this company. Kuddos to those who achieved a position but they forget to respect diversity and differences.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked everything that i did not have experience in