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Interviewed Jun 2009 in Princeton, NJ (took 4 weeks)

Scientist contacted me if I was interested in this opportunity. After saying yes, another Scientist contacted me for a telephonic interview which was a technical interview. Then they invited me for an onsite interview. Day before the interview, HR had an interview over the phone. At the day of interview, I had a full day interview with presentation of my previous work. Interview was tough and very technical.

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Was able to negotiate a little bit on my salary but they were offering me slightly below the average salary for this position.

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.

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Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2008 in Princeton, NJ (took a day)

Interview process was rather quick. Was first called by HR person. HR person expressed that my background was great fit for the position and that there was an immediate need. Couple standard HR questions about background, salary, etc. Then after a couple weeks, met on-site with the hiring manager and team of scientists. Pre-formulated questions were given to staff as they asked me standard questions like "Name a time you faced adversity on a project and how you handled it". However I was caught off guard when I interviewed with one of the research staff and she immediately gave me a skills test and didn't have even a normal interview-like converstation. Was thrown for a loop with some very test-like stumper questions. However, they did treat me to lunch and the discussions and conversations I had with the director and hiring manager went very well and it was more natural. Overall, they expressed so much interest in my background and how good a fit I would be for the department, but it was kind of a let-down in the end because I wasn't given an offer. However, nothing is certain until your T's are crossed and i's are dotted.