Research Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Westat with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Assistant roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 34 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Westat overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Westat as a Research Assistant according to 34 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
Group panel interview: 28%
One on one interview: 14%
Background check: 13%
Drug test: 5%
Skills test: 4%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Westat (Rockville, MD) in Jun 2011
Interview
I filled out an application online and heard back from Westat very quickly. They gave me an interview for a month later. At the interview first there was a brief informational interview with an HR represtentative. Then there was an hour long group panel in-person interview followed by an hour long Webex interview over the internet with offsite staff. It was hard to tell who I would actually be working with if hired and how repetitive to be during the interview since so many people were involved in the interviewing and it was done in 3 segments. The interview lasted about 2 hours total. Then 2 days later I had another phone interview and was offered the job 2 business days later.
Interview candidates should be ready to elaborate on everything in their resume since the primary interview structure was reading off your resume and asking you about your experiences with that as a starting point of conversation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What were the findings of your research in the research lab?
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Westat (Rockville, MD) in Apr 2026
Interview
Had a phone interview with hr and met with the team very nice people. The process itself took a couple weeks to get time that lined up with our schedules
An online application, followed by a phone interview with Human Resources, and finally two panel zoom interviews. I received an offer after the second zoom interview. In addition the project I worked on required a background check and a clearance.
The phone screen interview was great and relaxed. The team interview also went well. They mainly asked about my experiences/skills. I've apparently answered most of their questions before they asked it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Tell me about yourself?
Q: They also asked if I have experience or comfortable using a certain software for data analysis (listed on the job qualification preferences).