Genome Medical Interview Questions
& Process

It kicked off with a phone call with the VP of Operations. Then, I was given a project to work on and present for my next interview. The project was tough and outside my comfort zone since I was new to the workforce then. (Glad they said to only spend 1 hour on it, really shows their culture at Genome Medical.) My second interview and project presentation was with the VP of Operations again. After that, I had more interviews with the Marketing Director, CFO, and finally, the CEO. I was impressed by how humble all the interviewers were, especially the c-suite folks. Even though all interviews were via video, I could sense how smart, supportive, and driven everyone on the team was. Those I spoke with were enthusiastic and genuinely seemed to care about hiring people who want to grow and are driven by the mission. The interviews wrapped up with an offer in less than 4 weeks. They kept me updated throughout, even without a dedicated recruiter back then since the team was small (<20 people).

This was one of the weirdest interviews I've had. They asked about how front-end talks to microservices, authentication, database schema design, rolling out to AWS, picking instance types, server administration, log monitoring, and diagnosing issues without logs. I asked how they would do things differently but got no direct answers. Near the end, there was a coding question about finding a range of numbers with specific criteria. The interviewer was just staring at his screen the whole time. Super weird. I didn't even get to ask any questions at the end. I couldn't help but be amused near the end. Honestly, who would want to work with this guy or in this kind of environment?

I had a phone chat with the recruiter first. Then, I had a video call with the manager I would report to. The final step was an onsite meeting with people from the dev, product, and operations teams. They were really nice and respected my time, even though the day was packed with back-to-back interviews and presentations. They seemed genuinely interested in getting to know me and my skills. The recruiter was super helpful, checking in before and after to help me get ready and answer any questions I had. Her honesty and sincerity made it easy for me to decide.

It was a really long in-person interview, about 3 hours total, with 7 different stages from getting the call to after the actual interview. The job description they gave didn't really match what the job actually is on-site. You think you're interviewing for a patient coordinator role, but when you start, it's basically a glorified telemarketing job where you have to build up the company's call center from scratch.