Is it hard to get hired as a Research Intern at MIT Lincoln Laboratory?

Research Intern applicants have rated the interview process at MIT Lincoln Laboratory with 2.5 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 76.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.

How long does it take to get hired as a Research Intern at MIT Lincoln Laboratory?

Candidates applying for Research Intern roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at MIT Lincoln Laboratory overall takes an average of 37 days.

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MIT Lincoln Laboratory Research Intern interview questions

based on 4 ratings - Updated Oct 14, 2022

Average interview difficulty

Very positive interview experience

How others got an interview

33%
Campus Recruiting
Campus Recruiting
33%
Applied online
Applied online
33%
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Staffing Agency

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4 interviews

Research Intern Interview

Oct 14, 2022

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Interview

Quick interview! To review over skills. It wasn't too challenging at all. They went over qualifications and I talked about prior experiences I had on projects. Not too bad overall.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

What project experience do you have?

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Research Intern Interview

Oct 19, 2020

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through college or university. I interviewed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Oct 2020

Interview

It was about an hour with 2 people. Very chill phone call! Told me about the group and what they did. What Lincoln lab does and etc. *this is filler to meet the 30 word count

Interview questions [5]

Question 1

Why use a hypersonic vs ballistic missile?

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Question 2

Pros and cons of using IR vs radar systems on a missile system?

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Question 3

What is hypersonic flow ?

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Question 4

What phenomena appears in hypersonic flow vs supersonic flow?

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Question 5

Given 100 random numbers how would you go about placing the numbers in ascending order given 10 containers. e.g first container contains 1-10,11-20,...,91-100? you may use any coding language.

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Research Intern Interview

Jul 18, 2020

Anonymous Interview Candidate

Declined offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory (Boston, MA) in Dec 2019

Interview

Phone call with the one of the current researchers and the head of the division that I would be working in. They went over related experience I had and ask about how I could contribute to specific problems at the lab.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Describe one of the related projects on your resume

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