Postdoctoral Research Associate applicants have rated the interview process at The Scripps Research Institute with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Postdoctoral Research Associate roles take an average of 47 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Scripps Research Institute overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Scripps Research Institute as a Postdoctoral Research Associate according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Presentation: 24%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 12%
Background check: 12%
Skills test: 4%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at The Scripps Research Institute in Sep 2014
Interview
I was referral to this lab, I bring my funding to here. My adviser help me to deal with my position, he write email to ask, I also give a proposal plan. PI just accepted me. The whole process take 2 weeks.
I applied online. I interviewed at The Scripps Research Institute
Interview
The interview process was as below-
Firstly I had interaction with the PI. Once the interests aligned, I had a meeting with Staff scientist or somebody at assistant professor position wherein one can ask questions/queries/doubts. Last is presentation of your PhD work and then interaction with lab members as well as collaborators. Overall, its a standard postdoctoral research interview experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about yourself and research work
2. Why are you choosing this lab? and what can you bring to the existing research?
3. questions during presentation about your work.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at The Scripps Research Institute (San Diego, CA) in Mar 2015
Interview
Was very simple- came into the lab on a weekend and talked to the PI for about an hour. Was low pressure and really just a "get to know you" type of process. Did not need to meet with anyone else.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked about previous research. No tricky questions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 9 months. I interviewed at The Scripps Research Institute (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2015
Interview
I directly contacted the PI, got invited and gave a presentation on-site. I met various group members and at the end of the day had a one-on-one meeting with the PI.