Columbia University Research Analyst interview experience

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United StatesPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started by emailing the professor who oversaw the project, and we met over Zoom to talk through my background and what I was interested in.

The conversation was focused on my experience and what kinds of work I wanted to do, and it didn’t feel overly formal.

After that meeting, I ended up getting selected as part of a summer cohort to work on the project. There wasn’t any separate multi-round gauntlet for me—just that check-in and then the move into the program. Overall it felt straightforward and aligned with the research work from the start, and I left the process feeling like they were already looking for a good fit rather than trying to trip me up.

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