UC Davis Research Analyst interview experience

Two people on the team sat with me and asked a series of interpersonal questions aimed at how I’d behave as an employee, including questions that tested competence in a straightforward way.

Later, I experienced another panel setup that was clearly more “round-robin.” Multiple staff members interviewed me, including leadership roles like PI-level stakeholders and other management staff. They used a pre-set list of questions, and when I gave an answer they wanted more detail on, they’d gently steer me back to explain further rather than react strongly one way or the other.

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