I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) in May 2014
Interview
I sent my CV first to get myself a 30min interview. Then an one-hour oral presentation of my work was scheduled. After the presentation, I had 15min individual talks to some professors and the chair in the department. A number of detailed technical questions from my supervisor was the last part of the day.
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) in Apr 2019
Interview
The position at LLE was advertised for a grant with definite research objective. I think I am pretty capable and I applied online. It took 2 months to get through the DOE censorship. I was invited to an on-site interview. The interview was okay. The interviewer promised to send decision in two weeks. However, 2 weeks past, no news. I waited for about 1 month and finally know that they are considering another candidate. To my surprise, they did not tell me anything until I asked.
As it is consistently predicted, I was not told anything until the other candidate accepted the offer. In the end, they selected the person based on the need of so-called "pragmatic" research, which is not as advertised. Amazing!
Anyway, the whole process took about 4+ months and it is a torture.
Be aware of the internal politics and good luck!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experiment you will do to verify your theory?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) in Jul 2017
Interview
Arrive day before the interview; next day meet in the morning with hiring group leader; give a talk to a group of 4-5 people; talk with different people; get a tour to a lab; the visit was paid by University except of air plane.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why you interested to work with us?
Why we have to hire you?
Postdoctoral Research Associate applicants have rated the interview process at University of Rochester with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Postdoctoral Research Associate roles take an average of 50 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Postdoctoral Research Associate according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 20%
Background check: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
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