UUniversity of Oxford·Research Scientist

University of Oxford Research Scientist interview experience

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Oxford, EnglandPosted Jan 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview process felt unusually compact.

It started with a brief presentation—ten minutes—followed by a discussion that ran for about thirty minutes. Then the day included a lab tour that took another half an hour. A few days later I received an offer, and before accepting I even got a chance to meet my future boss again.

In the more technical version I experienced, the structure was also short and panel-based. I delivered a five-minute presentation on a test, and then the panel moved into broad technical questions—especially about what improvements could be introduced to the test and how they wanted the data analysis

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