I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at University of Rochester in Aug 2010
Interview
Emailed professor during the summer to get a position in the fall, talked about what specifically interested me from her work, she invited me for an interview, showed me the lab and that's it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing really unexpected, asked me about previous experience, where I want to go, explained her work a bit more specifically
Interviewed with the head of the lab after speaking with other members. Casual process, online portion was a formality. In my case, the job posting was for a position already filled
There was a single interview with PI. He asked fairly standard questions about resume, strengths/weaknesses, and prior research experience. Then there was a tour of the lab and I got the chance to ask a few quesitons
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) in Aug 2020
Interview
One interview and consisted in this order: Introduction (about ourselves) About the research lab (What my role is and how I will contribute) Discussed my resume and projects (The bulk of the interview) Questions
Research Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at University of Rochester with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 91% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Assistant roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 13 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at University of Rochester overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at University of Rochester as a Research Assistant according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 32%
Background check: 16%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 11%
Other: 11%
Phone interview: 11%
Personality test: 5%
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