Purdue University Research Analyst interview experience

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United StatesPosted Sep 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process began with applying online through the NSF route for a research program, and then I waited a few weeks.

I received an email asking me to set up a phone conversation, and the program director used that call to explain what the program involved and to answer my questions. It felt like the decision was already leaning toward me because she arranged the next step—connecting me with my prospective PIs.

After that director call, I spoke with my PIs together with the goal of mapping our mutual interests. The conversation stayed focused on the kinds of projects we both cared about, and it helped make the role feel concrete rather than abstract.

Before all of that, my earlier path had also been

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