UUniversity of Cambridge·Research Scientist

University of Cambridge Research Scientist interview experience

Got offer

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Cambridge, EnglandPosted Aug 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied through the university’s online system and had to arrange three different people to send prospective group reference letters by email on my behalf.

After I submitted everything, I got an email confirming my application was received.

A few weeks later, I was invited for an in-person interview in Cambridge, and they covered travel and accommodation for one night. About a week after the interview, I received the job offer, so the timeline after the trip was fairly fast.

The interview itself took just over an hour. It wasn’t easy overall, even though the interviewers were polite, because the questions were tough and went into detail about my experience and work. Looking back, I consider it a fair interview—difficult enough to matter, but

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