NIH·Research Scientist

NIH Research Scientist interview experience

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Bethesda, MDPosted Sep 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I didn’t go through a typical structured interview path.

I had an early personal connection with a senior researcher, and I came in once for what felt like a personality-quiz style conversation where I discussed my past projects and programming knowledge.

What really made it different was that there weren’t technical questions in the way I expected. It was more about presenting myself and my enthusiasm for health, research, and technology. After about a week I heard back. I ended up with a positive result quickly, even though the overall process sounded different from the formal presentation-and-panel formats.

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