Research Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Harvard University with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Assistant roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 37 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Harvard University overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Harvard University as a Research Assistant according to 37 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 26%
Background check: 17%
Group panel interview: 12%
Skills test: 7%
Other: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Harvard University
Interview
Interviewed with the researcher of the project for the position at The Pedagogy of Play project, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Their handling of applications and interviews in my case are quite unprofessional. After sending the first email with all the application materials, I waited for several weeks and followed up one more time before the recruiter finally received my materials. She then administered an interview invitation but attempted to change the interview time last minute to that very evening right before the original scheduled interview date. After the interview, she just ghosted the follow-up emails asking about the status (one sent after a week and another after several). Up to date (several months later), I still have no idea what was going on with my application. This whole interview definitely felt like a waste of my time and energy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What kind of research have you done?
Any question about the project?
I interviewed at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Interview
It was fairly standard, a virtual meeting was scheduled and I was asked to introduce myself and my research after which he told me a bit about his own. There were no oddball questions or particularly difficult ones.
Submitted application and was invited for an interview the next day. One video call interview, more like a conversation with two members of the lab. Both were very friendly and interview was enjoyable.
I interviewed at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Interview
Pretty simple interview process; you meet a PI, find a grad student, and then decide on hours and if there are projects you'd be a good fit to work on.