UUniversity of British Columbia·Research Analyst

University of British Columbia Research Analyst interview experience

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Vancouver, BCPosted Aug 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My research-analyst style path was unusually light on formal interviewing.

For the graduate route, I didn’t really go through an interview at all; I focused on finding a supervisor based on my research interests, and the faculty explained the research need to me. It felt more like onboarding into a lab than selection.

When interviews did show up, they were closer to background checks than a deep technical grilling. I shared what I could do and what my experience was, then I started working in the lab for a while, and the decision was essentially whether they liked working with me. In another situation, I was hired by a PhD supervisor who’d known me for years

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