The American Mathematical Society Research Analyst interview experience

I was asked to summarize a paper, and I also had to explain how I managed my time to complete a task—essentially testing both my critical thinking and how I handled pressure and structure.

There were scenarios laid out to see how I reacted and what my reasoning looked like, which made the interview feel more demanding than a standard research discussion. Even though the overall experience stayed on the fast side and had a relatively casual feel, the content still leaned technical because the work itself was research-focused.

In that discussion, topics like retrosynthetic analysis and