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Updated Dec 23, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Dec 2009 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)

It was very informal . My Resume was selected and I was called to discuss the work opportunity at Imperial. I liked the job and the people who interviewed me. It was a very pleasant experience. The job offers flexible work timings and I was allowed to work on the topics that interested me and that the group would find beneficial.

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What are your areas of expertise

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Aug 2011 (took a day)

this consist of a phone interview with the company. It took 1 hour. Competency questions were asked and the CV was used to ask most of the questions. It was a one-on-one interview.

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what is your greatest achievement?

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed May 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)

Helpful and informative initial contact.
Was given a good range of background materials.
Encouraging office staff on the day.
Questions by interview panel were within expectations.
Not offered the job but post interview feedback was direct and helpful.

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)

telephone interview

Interview Questions

reserach interests

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reserch expereience

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2009 (took a day)

The interview took place in the professors' office. It took several hours, focusing on specific technical questions related to the potential project to do. Talked about the previous experience, projects, courses taken, coding ability, understanding about the industry...

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Tell me your understanding about the difference between ad hoc networks and mesh networks?

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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Oct 2008 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)

30-60 minutes presentation on my previous research work and research interests. After that discussion about my future plans, the requirements of the possition. One professor and several PhD students and other RAs from the research group attended my presentation. Overall, very friendly environment and very good experience. At the end I went for lunch with the porfessor for further discussions.

Interview Questions

What are your future research plans - are you intending to continue your previous research directions or you are willing to start something new?

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How much did you contribute in your previous publications?

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Negotiation Details

In accademia, it all comes to your supervisor. Other people are very relaxed and other very strict with their post-docs and phd students. In my case, they offered to even pay my broadband in case I want to work from home some days.

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

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Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2008 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 5 days)

After application, a general panel interview was conducted. This consisted of a presentation on research experience, a small panel of interviewers who asked questions on my experience, my impressions of biological research and why I wanted to continue my academic career in Microbiology. The interview questions were fairly general and were mainly discussion starters. After having passed that initial interview I then picked a supervisor and went for a 1:1 interview with him. That was a much more relaxed affair having already been selected for a position in the faculty. The interview revolved around my experience and plans for the future and questions about the research topics I was most interested in.

My advice for people going to interview would be to read all the papers published by the interview panel if you can get their names and also the supervisors of the various research topics you're interested in. Be candid about the research process as for the most part it's a dull affair, and also show that you've got the graft to stick it out for four years and can achieve something in the face of adversity.

Interview Questions

Why do you want to pursue a career in research?

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Negotiation Details

I waited about two weeks before accepting the offer as I was waiting to see what other offers I might get in from other interviews. I would say that two weeks was about the maximum they were prepared to wait and they were in frequent contact to see if I had decided. I didn't impact my position in the slightest, however.

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Background Check.

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Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed May 2008 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)

I applied for the position in response to advertisement in a popular research group email. I had to submit a 2 page research statement in addition to the college application and CV. A 1 hr phone interview was conducted including a presentation over the phone. An offer was made in few weeks.