University of Pennsylvania·Research Analyst

University of Pennsylvania Research Analyst interview experience

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Phila, PAPosted Jul 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The process kicked off with an HR phone interview, and then they helped coordinate an on-site interview afterward.

The logistics didn’t feel overly formal—there wasn’t a strong expectation to dress up very formally—but they did make it clear the full process would take at least a day.

On-site, I met a group of lab members and was expected to prepare a presentation. The interviews leaned heavily on my previous work, and they asked a lot of questions as they probed what I’d done before. It was stressful throughout, largely because it combined time pressure, a presentation component, and a fairly intense level of questioning. By the end, it was the kind of process that left me feeling stretched, even though

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