Full-day of interviews, informal conversations to get a sense of the fit between the two parties. Everyone there really seemed to enjoy working there and they definitely highlighted that as a perk of working there.
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How do you feel working in a non-academic environment?
Interviews involved a mix of one-on-one short meetings with researchers and senior researchers and a technical interview, which was a deep dive on a journal article or report. Should be able to handle detailed questions on your work in the technical interview.
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Question 1
What are the threats to validity in this research design?
Interesting people asked lots of good questions. Gave presentation and met with diverse staff. Overall positive experience and would recommend applying here. Interview process required one day in person after phone interviews
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Statistical training background and familiarity with methods
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Mathematica
Interview
I had a virtual fly-out (likely due to COVID-19 restrictions; pre-pandemic reviews talk about actually being flown out). I met with ~15 people – employees at various levels of seniority in the division for which your profile is a match – over the course of 6ish hours with a couple of breaks in between.
Interviewers were all incredibly smart, kind, and generous with their attention; never failed to budget time for my own questions; and communicated, through just their ways of being, a culture of respect and high standards.
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Question 1
Providing interview specifics won't really help here, since at this level, the interviews tend to be (mutual) investigations into how much of a fit your expertise, skills, and disposition are for their current and future projects.
Researcher applicants have rated the interview process at Mathematica with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Researcher roles take an average of 87 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mathematica overall takes an average of 52 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mathematica as a Researcher according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 23%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 8%
Other: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 8%
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