University of Wisconsin-Madison·Research Analyst

University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Analyst interview experience

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Madison, WIPosted Sep 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I reached out to the PI by email just to express my interest, and within a week I was called in for an interview.

The process was pretty informal and quick, and the PI basically drove it from there. I talked through my background and my previous position, what I wanted to get out of the experience, and we covered the usual personal fit questions like strengths and weaknesses. Because each professor runs their own lab, it didn’t feel like there was a big standardized hiring pipeline behind the scenes.

After that initial conversation, the rest of the steps still reflected how lab funding and openings work at a university—first making sure there was actually a position available and that funding existed. I

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