I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) in Apr 2013
Interview
I had a panel of 6 people interviewing me, 30 minutes each. They were all very kind and to the point with their questions. It was a very transparent interview
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Stanford University (Stanford, CA) in Jun 2018
Interview
Contacted by a person within the lab, met at the campus and interviewed with three different people. Initially interviewed with one postdoc, and then after that screening was passed on to two lab managers with more in-depth questions. They asked about commitment time, my experience, and asked for more details about my resume. I initially got in contact with a recruiter back in April, and didn't receive a first interview from a lab until June.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Interview
Submit application, wait a while as usual for a university, then on site interview followed by job offer several weeks later. At this point if your skills work for the job, then the biggest thing is whether or not you can get along with the current employees. You are also interviewing the employers, because we all know there are a few people out there who are a pain to work for, and getting a heads up beforehand is good.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If your experience matched what the lab was doing.
I applied online. I interviewed at Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
Interview
Applied online. Got an email couple weeks later from the assistant saying I've an interview. Interviewed with the PI. I got accepted for the second interview. Visited the PI at Stanford for the second interview. The people were really nice.
Life Science Research Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Stanford University with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Life Science Research Assistant roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Stanford University overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Stanford University as a Life Science Research Assistant according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
Group panel interview: 27%
One on one interview: 27%
Skills test: 9%
Background check: 9%
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