Vanderbilt University Medical Center interviews FAQs
Postdoctoral Fellow applicants have rated the interview process at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Postdoctoral Fellow roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Vanderbilt University Medical Center overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a Postdoctoral Fellow according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Skills test: 14%
Personality test: 14%
Background check: 14%
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I applied through other source. I interviewed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Interview
A typical hour long talk on previous research and one on ones with six different faculty members. Everyone was very enjoyable to talk to and no one was overly critical. Most of the interviews were just conversations about science in general.
I applied in-person. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, TN) in Jul 2016
Interview
No interview; had informal meeting with potential PI and was offered job shortly after. Hiring was confusing because VU/VUMC split was occurring and no one knew who I belonged too...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Just had informal discussion about potential projects since PI was already familiar with my research experience.
I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, TN)
Interview
Contacted Principal Investigator via email, received response and invitation to visit for in person full day interview (gave 1 hour talk on research and met with members of lab in addition to PI)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you want to do after finishing your postdoc?