I applied online. I interviewed at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Dublin, Dublin) in Jan 2021
Interview
It was a very friendly and helpful interview. Due to Covid restrictions, all interviews were online. There were two interviews. Two researchers from the BSC were asking questions about MPI, Collectives, parallel programing technologies and so on. In the second interview, HR specialist asked questions for half an hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked about my PhD research, MPI collectives.
No se aclararon enviando correos para la entrevista, no llegamos a concretar cita y me marearon para finalmente no llegar a nada, una pena. No sé si suele ser así con ellos...
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Barcelona) in Nov 2024
Interview
I was contacted by email to set up an interview. The area head and a member of the team carried out the remote interview. Questions were mostly made by the boss, but the team member also slightly commented at times.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Barcelona) in Dec 2023
Interview
Two rounds of interview based on your CV that you upload in your application online. First technical round with the specific department of the post you applied to and second HR round. Result in a few days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Previous experience. Interests. Knowledge related to applied post. Skills.
Research Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Barcelona Supercomputing Center with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Barcelona Supercomputing Center overall takes an average of 41 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Barcelona Supercomputing Center as a Research Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Background check: 17%
Group panel interview: 17%
Personality test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
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