I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at MIT (Boston, MA) in Jan 2015
Interview
Very thorough .Several round of open discussion.One needs to be thoroughly prepared for the subject. You need to be well read, informed and must have ability to articulate your own singular viewpoint . The process is very open discussion format.Since you are going to work on projects which have no reference in the world,it is appropriate that you need to be ready to become reference.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you think about the future of X field ? What is your vision? Why do you think like that?
Interviewer was quite dry, did not respond to answers in a way where you could gauge level of interest. Questions were mostly open ended, except for questions on wheether i had used specific instuments and techniques
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at MIT in May 2024
Interview
The process typically begins with a brief phone call with a member of the talent acquisition team. He also provides additional details about the position and answers any initial questions you have.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at MIT (Cambridge, MA) in Feb 2023
Interview
For the first interview phase, I met with the laboratory principal investigator and had a traditional interview meeting. For the second interview stage, I was asked to prepare and give a 30 minute presentation on my past research projects. Then there was a 30 min Q&A section, followed by open discussion.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
How do you plan out your experiments on any given day/week?
