PerkinElmer Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at PerkinElmer.
PerkinElmer
Software Engineer
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
The online interview went fine, had a mix of behavioral and technical questions. The people I spoke with were super nice and easy to chat with. They mentioned a code challenge would be next, but I never got it. HR went silent for a month, then made excuses about why it was delayed (like the hiring manager being sick), and then after two more weeks, they said they chose someone else. It felt like they were just stalling to see if their first choice worked out, leaving me hanging.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you brainstorm how to implement a specific function within ChemDraw?
PerkinElmer
Software Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Technical Behavioral
First there was a call about my skills and interests. Then I had a skill-based online programming challenge, like HackerRank. After that, it was an onsite interview with 3 rounds. They drilled me on my resume and projects, and reviewed my projects in detail. There was a challenging test given the time, and I had to be fast enough to come up with a solution and code satisfying all the test cases. One of the coding questions was XML parsing based.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- What do you do when you need assistance from other teams?
- How do you handle situations where you require help from other teams?
PerkinElmer
Software Developer
Intern Easy Neutral experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite Background check Offer
Interview formats
Behavioral Coding Technical
The interview process started with an HR round where they asked some basic questions. Then, there was a phone interview where I had to solve a coding problem. The next stage was an onsite interview that included questions about my resume, academic projects, and some basic programming questions. After I received the final offer, there was a drug test, and then I started my internship within a few days.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you describe the cloud-based project listed on your resume?
- Tell me about your cloud based project on your resume.
PerkinElmer Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from PerkinElmer interview reports.
“What are the basics of object-oriented programming?”
Read reports →“How about some bitwise operations?”
Read reports →“Can you brainstorm how to implement a specific function within ChemDraw?”
Read reports →“Could you answer some string manipulation questions?”
Read reports →“What do you do when you need assistance from other teams?”
Read report →“What are your career aspirations for the next five years?”
Read report →“How do you handle situations where you require help from other teams?”
Read report →“How do you work in teams?”
Read report →“What technical skills do you possess?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 8 PerkinElmer interview reports.