University of Washington·Research Scientist

University of Washington Research Scientist interview experience

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Seattle, WAPosted Feb 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process began with meeting the boss and talking through my background—who I was professionally and what the lab was doing.

After that, I gave a talk to the lab about my PhD work, which was the moment where I felt the most “presented” portion of the process.

Once that talk was out of the way, I shifted into discussions with different people in the lab to see what everyone else was working on. It felt like a deliberate sequence: first establish context, then communicate my research clearly to the group, and finally compare my interests and experience with the day-to-day reality inside the lab.

Difficulty felt average overall, mostly because it combined conversation with a research presentation, but the structure

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