Harvard University Research Scientist interview experience

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Negative

Boston, MAPosted Aug 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The interviews themselves went well and felt productive, but the reference checks were where everything turned sour.

They required three references, and I provided five. My references confirmed with me afterward, and I still ended up getting my application revoked because I couldn’t provide a reference from a place where I’d been laid off.

What made the experience especially frustrating was that the interviews had given me confidence that they were looking for a good match, but the decision later felt like it ignored the broader picture of my qualifications and references I could genuinely produce. I also reached out to my old colleagues at that company to secure at least three additional references, yet

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