UUniversity of Cambridge·Research Scientist

University of Cambridge Research Scientist interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Cambridge, EnglandPosted Jan 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I was invited to an online interview about a week before the scheduled date.

The interview was for a newly started AI center at Cambridge University, and I was planning around travel already—so when the proposed date was inconvenient because I would be on a flight, I emailed the team the same day to suggest another date.

My request wasn’t successful because the search committee was gathering only on the date they had suggested. That decision ended up feeling extremely disappointing to me, since the interview invitation timeline didn’t leave much flexibility on my side.

Even though the process was brief, the overall experience stayed negative for me because it felt

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