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Accepted Offer – Reviewed Feb 12, 2013
Interview Details – None, advisor has to have money to fund your research. So you research credentials and other academic performance is taken into consideration.
Interview Question – There wasnt one. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – none. its a fixed set amount specified in the graduate student handbook
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Greenbelt, MD Aug 2010 – Reviewed Nov 14, 2012
Interview Details – The preliminary step to the interview process for this position requires taking a typing test. The actual interview was not 1-on-1, but sort of a panel interview, but everyone made me feel comfortable. Afterwards, there was a series of emails. I even received emails about doing certain tasks before I actually started working.
Interview Question – The salary cut I endured was a lot more than I expected ($25K) -- nothing to take lightly, but I needed a job, so ... There really wasn't an unexpected or difficult question -- I just had to get past the 25K paycut! Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Not much negotiation...I needed a job and they offered -- even though it was $25K less than my last job. I had to accept the fact that my last job was with a law firm and this job was with a state-run university. So, here I am ...
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Baltimore, MD Mar 2010 – Reviewed Jul 11, 2012
Interview Details –
Phone and Video conference call interviews.
The phone interview was a 1:1 interview with my new boss, the video conference call was with all the memnber from the lab present.
The interviews consisted in talking about my previous skills and waht the work was about
Negotiation Details – There was no negotiation
No Offer – Interviewed in Baltimore, MD Sep 2010 – Reviewed Mar 27, 2012
Interview Details – They asked about my skills and strengths and weaknesses.
Interview Question – Do you have any experience in Finance Answer Question
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