Editas Medicine Interview Questions
& Process

It was a 2 stage process. First call was with the manager. Mostly went over my past experience and asked hypothetical questions on how I would problem solve. Second was on site with a panel of other members of the team, a director and 2 cross-functional managers.

The process started with a recruiter phone screen, followed by an interview with the hiring manager. Then, I was invited for an in-person meeting which kicked off with a 50-minute company-wide scientific presentation, including Q&A, broadcasted to everyone. After that, there were 2-4 person group interviews with directors from each team, totaling about four or five groups. I also had an interview with the HR director. The following week, I had online interviews with senior leadership, including VPs and above, with four 30-minute interviews. The final interview was a 30-minute session with the VP hiring manager.

I applied to Editas Medicine through LinkedIn. It took a while for them to get back to me after I sent in my resume, but once they did, things moved really fast. An internal recruiter contacted me to schedule a phone call. This phone call was a ~20-30 minute phone screen to get a sense of some of my skills and to provide an overview of the job. The next step involved a ~45 minute presentation of my work (which I used to highlight the skills mentioned in the job description), followed by about 15 minutes of questions. I got a lot of really good questions, which I'm guessing means everyone was paying attention. After the presentation, I had 6-7 30-minute Zoom calls with different people at various levels in the company. All my interactions were great! I really enjoyed talking with everyone. I heard back fairly quickly after this, though that might have been because I had another offer. Overall, I really liked the process and the people involved.

It started with a 45 min phone call to discuss my research background and the scientist position. About a week later, I was told I got selected for the in-site interview. The in-site interview involved a 45 min seminar first, followed by 1-1 meetings with about 6 people, each lasting 30 min. During these meetings, the questions were similar to situational ones about lab work and the work environment. After the interviews, they let me know they chose another candidate. Even though it didn't go as I hoped, the experience was great and they were really nice and easy to talk to. I asked for feedback at the end, and they kindly provided some on my performance.