Harvard University Research Scientist interview experience

Got offer

Medium

Positive

United StatesPosted Apr 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I reached out directly to the principal investigator with my CV and my best publication, asking whether there might be a postdoc opening.

After that, I was invited to come in for about a day. I gave a talk on my PhD work and got to meet the PI and the rest of the group, and the whole visit felt very centered on my research rather than a broad menu of questions.

The hiring process moved fairly quickly after that: once I finished the on-site, I heard back with an offer a few weeks later. The overall experience felt smoother than I expected, largely because the conversations were grounded in my previous work and how it would fit with the lab.

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