I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in May 2022
Interview
The Role is open, but not advertised. You need to network with professors and showcase your work/skills to get an interview. Usually, a TA role helps you get in contact with research labs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reimplement the tooling for the last paper one of the PhD students submitted to publication, without the need to redesign or introduce new research requirements. They give you a set of ideas they are testing and some pointers, and you need to prepare tools for it.
In my case, I had to simulate non-holonomic kinematics with a hard performance requirement for N bodies and swappable controllers with proper data recording.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Amsterdam) in Oct 2025
Interview
The interview process was well-organized and followed the timeline stated in the job description. One day after the application deadline, I received an email inviting me to interview. The first interview took place about one month later, and the second interview was scheduled roughly another month after that, so each step was spaced by about a month. The interviews themselves were relatively informal, and the two interviewers were very kind and supportive. The discussion focused mainly on the research methods they intend to use in the project, which helped clarify their expectations. A particularly positive aspect was that they communicated the result very quickly – I received the outcome just one day after the final interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They mainly asked about my motivation for applying to this project and why I found it interesting. They also asked me to describe how I have used the proposed research methods in my previous work, so I explained how I applied these methods in my past projects and publications.
I applied through other source. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Nederland) in Mar 2021
Interview
4 interview rounds, een technical interview, een gesprek, een les moeten geven, 6 maanden proef periode, multipele papers schrijven, onderzoek met andere labs doen, presentaties voorbereiden, posters maken, docent in opleiding worden