University of Minnesota·Research Scientist

University of Minnesota Research Scientist interview experience

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Minneapolis, MNPosted May 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first communication started with a blunt kind of delay that immediately threw me off.

I emailed a research professor and waited; she didn’t respond for three weeks, saying the message had somehow taken that long to reach her. It felt like a red flag, but I was desperate for a job, so I continued anyway.

Beyond that initial delay, I didn’t get much concrete structure described in my experience—just the sense that even early on, the process wasn’t moving quickly or cleanly. I carried a lot of uncertainty from that point. Overall, it was a reminder that timing and responsiveness mattered to me, and that early friction set the tone for how I viewed the opportunity.

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