I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Southern Finland) in Dec 2011
Interview
It was really easy, very basic scientific conversation, presentation about previous work (Master thesis project), lunch with colleagues and checking if one can bound with the team. It lasted half a day in December. Nice thing was that all expenses were covered by the supervisor: flight tickets, hotel, taxi from to airport and from to institute.
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Southern Finland) in May 2015
Interview
The interview was held in many stages. Panel interview, research presentation and before all of that detailed application assessment. I applied in the month of January and the final interview was in May at the university.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are your research goals?
How the past research links to future research interests?