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      Research Assistant Interview

      11 June 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Toronto, ON
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at University of Toronto (Toronto, ON) in May 2016

      Interview

      I get the interview by applying through university's website. The professor ask me about my basic backgrounds, like what courses am I taking now and my GPA. Then she asked me about specific programming language I can use. What can I do with those programming language?

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Do u know text mining? Can you use Java to implement text ming?
      1 Answer

      Other Research Assistant interview reviews for University of Toronto

      Research Assistant Interview

      28 Apr 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Toronto, ON
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)

      Interview

      Applied through UofT's portal and was emailed directly by professor. Only one round of interviewing with prof. Seemed that we got along great, pretty straightforward interview, less focus on anything behavioural, more focus on the research area. Later was sent an offer.

      Research Assistant Interview

      12 Mar 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. I interviewed at University of Toronto

      Interview

      I met the prof at an AI conference at the University of Toronto. I read some of his papers that I was interested in, and brought them up in conversation. I was then asked to join a lab meeting, and eventually got put on a random project.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What do you want to work on?
      Answer question

      Research Assistant Interview

      31 July 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Toronto, ON
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)

      Interview

      BQ – Resume and Experience Tell me about yourself. Walk me through your resume. Focus on quant research, factor strategies, coding, and data-driven work. What was your most technical project? (e.g., rolling beta detection + factor strategy or portfolio optimization work) What’s a time you worked with incomplete or messy data? How did you clean and validate it? Describe a time you had to debug or fix a mistake in your analysis.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Literature Review Ask about their literature review process: Mention how you read research papers (Fama-French, factor IC studies, etc.) before designing your factor strategy. Explain how you evaluated what factors are worth testing and how you aligned with previous findings.
      Answer question