George Washington University Research Analyst interview experience

I reached out to labs over email first, and the conversation began at a broad level. After that initial back-and-forth, I moved into a phone conversation where we got into more of the specifics about what that lab was doing and what the role would actually involve.

I then had an in-person meeting where the focus shifted to me as a researcher—my skill set and the projects I had been working on. It was a short, targeted discussion where I talked through my background, and the professor also walked me through the lab’s current projects. The whole thing felt straightforward and grounded in real