MIT·Research Scientist

MIT Research Scientist interview experience

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Cambridge, MAPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a single Zoom-style research conversation that felt targeted and specialized.

I spoke with a postdoc in the lab, and we kept the discussion at the level of research interests rather than going deep into administrative details.

What surprised me was how much structure showed up in the technical part anyway. We whiteboarded several possible approaches to tackling a benchmark problem connected to ARC-AGI, and we also covered some basic math tied to fundamental concepts. The questions weren’t just about what I’d done before; they were about how I reasoned through solving a challenge and how I’d break down the problem.

Overall, the difficulty was described as average, and

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