I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) in Apr 2019
Interview
One 30 min phone interview, got call for onsite. The onsite started with one hour seminar for research presentation and then whole day interviews with the scientists in 30 min chunks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Based on the research presentation and overall research area.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) in Dec 2023
Interview
I first got a phone interview through webex, after 1 week of applying. It was pretty straight forward and more technical questions. They seemed to be reasonable and nice. During my phone interview there were four people.
I interviewed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA)
Interview
Presentation 45 minutes Interview with numerous panels - 4 hours In the end you get the chance to ask questions about the project. Also there is a lunch break with other postdocs where you get the chance to ask questions about working at LLNL
I interviewed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Interview
half day long zoom interview process. Started with a 30 minute presentation and then met with several group leaders individually. Had ample time to ask questions I had about the lab and institute
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly based on research interests and why a national lab
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Postdoctoral Fellow applicants have rated the interview process at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 82.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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