I applied online. I interviewed at Institute of Science and Technology Austria (Vienna) in Oct 2022
Interview
I did two interviews and there were three interviewers. The overall experience was positive and the people there seemed friendly. The environment looked professional but i also got the impression that the scope of tasks was very limited. I would recommend it for people with little work experience.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Institute of Science and Technology Austria (Klosterneuburg) in Sept 2025
Interview
I only had one interview with the Core IT Infrastructure Team Lead and someone from ISTA's human resources department. The interview was in English and focused on my experience; there were no technical questions, I just talked. They told me it would take a week to give me an answer, which never came, so I had to ask about it, and they told me that the selection process had been delayed.
More than three weeks passed and I still had not received a response until I asked again, and they told me that they would continue with other candidates (as of that date, the position was still posted on the ‘open positions’ page).
I think it is disrespectful to waste people's time and a lack of communication and administrative flow when no response is received.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria response
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Dear applicant!
Thank you for your feedback regarding your application process.
We are very sorry to hear that you were so dissatisfied with the time-line. Our goal is to review every application carefully and fairly, and set the interviews accordingly. Sometimes this process does indeed take longer than desired. We always notify all candidates of the outcome of the selection process.
Although we are not always able to provide detailed feedback due to the high number of applications, we are continuously working to improve our communication and response times. We hope that we will be able to convince you in the future with our application process.
Best wishes and kind regards,
Silvia from the Human Resources team
I interviewed at Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Interview
Had three interviews for a position, the process was very transparent and adequately organised. Each time the focus was on one previous research project. The questions were mostly related to the topic or general team fit inquiries, like "what part of the project was you responsible for"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your responsibility in the project? What was your favourite part of the project?