Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at IMEC (Belgium) as 57.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.29 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Business Development Manager and Intern rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for PhD Student and Integration Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at IMEC (Belgium) takes an average of 28 days when considering 7 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Project Assistent had the quickest hiring process (on average 4 days), whereas Business Development Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
The recruiters visited my college and offered interviews to students who went to seemed interested. I interviewed with them and one of the employees gave an idea of what working there would be like. They asked how I could contribute.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at IMEC (Belgium) (Leuven) in Dec 2010
Interview
A colleague told me for an ad in Nature and I applied. After a phone interview I went to Imec on interviews with HR and scientists in charge and gave a presentation on my current (PhD) research.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were some questions during my presentation, but related to my previous research and not too difficult.