UCLA Research Analyst interview experience

I sent my resume and even code I’d written, and then I ended up having a research discussion meeting with the professor and their students. Depending on the lab’s needs, I also had phone conversations with students beforehand, which helped set the stage before the live discussion.

During the meeting, the questions mostly circled around my lab experience and the specific techniques I’d used before. I spent time talking about why I wanted the job and how my previous work prepared me for it, and I also got asked about my future direction in research. They were interested not just in what I’d