NIH·Research Scientist

NIH Research Scientist interview experience

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Bethesda, MDPosted Mar 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview felt like it ultimately came down to impressing the principal investigator.

Before any formal scheduling, I had already been in email exchanges and then got invited to an on-site interview where the PI and key people were central to the evaluation. The structure included an oral presentation and meeting key persons one by one, and there were also social pieces like sharing meals with other fellows and having dinner with PIs.

The day had a broader “lab immersion” element too: I received a tour, met the current lab, and gave a seminar on current research. The atmosphere was clearly academic—questions were tied to my oral work and how it fit the group, and the overall

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