Project Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Roche with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Roche (Bâle) in Feb 2020
Interview
First a video call via Skype of around 1 hour. Then they flew me in to Basel for a face to face panel interview of 2,5h. There were a lot of typical interview questions and we went through the CV. Then there was also many situational questions, assignment and a role play exercise. Then a quick chat (30 min) with the HR team.
The approach was very respectful and personal. The company was flexible to adjust the time of the face to face interview. At the end of the interview they also showed me a bar at the top of the tower which was a nice touch.
Overall very positive experience, respectful and personal approach and they took time to write a detailed feedback and reasoning for not going forward with me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Provide some examples of how you handled tough feedback
I was invited to the company and the interview took 3h, then lunch and then again 3h interview. It took more than four weeks until I got my final decision received by mail
I had an initial phone interview and then got invited to a F2F to Basel, where I met managers and members of the team. I also had a phone interview later with someone who could not be present during the F2F. While the interviews themselves were positive, the communication during the whole process was intermittent, slow and different to what was outlined at the end of the interview (e.g., "we will make a decision by the end of the week" meant rather 2-3 weeks).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Situational and procedural questions about how to approach tasks in that particular position, e.g., "how do work under time pressure?", "what do you do when a project you started working on is canceled?". Other questions were more conversational and about my background and motivation to work in this position.