Stanford University Research Analyst interview experience

It wasn’t even a position that felt formally advertised; I had asked around and the lab reached back out. I had a phone call first, then I went in for an in-person interview. It was fairly direct and informal, and since I was the only applicant, there wasn’t much of that competitive energy.

The timeline ended up stretching longer than I expected. I ended up going through multiple meetings—three separate times—with two different heads, and overall it took close to two months. The questions varied a lot depending on who I was speaking with, so the difficulty felt mixed; it was hard to tell