MIT·Research Scientist

MIT Research Scientist interview experience

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United StatesPosted Aug 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My on-site day was built like a full immersion into the lab rather than a quick question-and-answer session.

I met with students and postdocs in the lab, and the schedule had multiple individual 30-minute conversations spaced throughout the day. A lot of what we covered wasn’t only technical—there was room for casual discussion about research interests as well as more personal, human topics like life and even where people liked to hang out around MIT.

At the same time, the lab wasn’t ignoring technical fit. The day included multiple discussions where the main emphasis was still on whether my technical side matched what the project needed, and I remember spending a meaningful amount of time talking

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