MIT·Research Scientist

MIT Research Scientist interview experience

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United StatesPosted Apr 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process stretched over weeks and went beyond a single interview.

I started with a phone call, and then I moved into an on-site experience. The on-site portion included a presentation about my previous research, followed by multiple one-on-one meetings that kept coming back to the same theme: they wanted to understand both the work and how I thought.

One of the biggest differences from a typical “two interviews and done” approach was the scale. I spent the day meeting members across the lab, including technical discussions and a technical presentation component, plus an additional 30-minute conversation with the top boss. It was a lot of time with

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